Abu Talib, Uncle and protector: In the hadith in Islamic History

In the hadith

In the hadithUncle and protector

Abu Talibأبو طالب

Died 619 CE, the Year of SorrowApproximate dateMakkah

The uncle who raised the Prophet ﷺ and shielded him from Quraysh for forty years.

Abu Talib took his orphaned nephew in at eight and took him on caravans to Syria. When Quraysh demanded he give him up, he refused, and he endured the years of boycott in the valley with Banu Hashim. As he lay dying in 619, the Prophet ﷺ begged him to say there is no god but Allah. The reports say he died on the religion of Abd al-Muttalib.

What does the Quran say?

Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
Quran 28:56

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 3884

What grew out of it?

His son Ali ibn Abi Talib became the fourth caliph.

The lesson

Guidance is in Allah's hand alone, even for those we love most.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Makkah Abd al-Muttalib Ali ibn Abi Talib Bahira Fatimah bint Asad Muhammad ﷺ Hawran and Busra

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺ Zayd ibn Haritha Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan Al-Numan ibn al-Mundhir Khosrow I Justinian Khosrow II Heraclius

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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