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== Services to Hajj ==

Abd al-Muttalib, by re-digging the [[Zamzam|Zamzam well]], quenched the thirst of pilgrims with its water<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> and provided extensive services to the visitors of the ~~[[House of God]]~~.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 67; Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> Abd al-Muttalib was the first to gild the door of the Kaaba<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, pp. 103-104.</ref> and made a golden lock and key for it.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 69.</ref>

Abd al-Muttalib, by re-digging the [[Zamzam|Zamzam well]], quenched the thirst of pilgrims with its water<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> and provided extensive services to the visitors of the kaaba.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 67; Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> Abd al-Muttalib was the first to gild the door of the Kaaba<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, pp. 103-104.</ref> and made a golden lock and key for it.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 69.</ref>

== Death of Abd al-Muttalib ==

Abd al-Muttalib, according to one narration, died at the age of 82, when the [[Messenger of God]] was eight years old, in [[Mecca]] and was buried in [[Al-Hajun Cemetery|Al-Hajun cemetery]] near [[Al-Masjid al-Haram]].<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 95; Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 1, p. 84.</ref> It is said that when Abd al-Muttalib's time of death approached, [[Abu Talib]] and Zubayr, who were from the same mother as Abdullah, the father of the Messenger of God (PBUH), gathered everyone and entrusted the care of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to them, and according to one narration, he entrusted his guardianship to Abu Talib.<ref>Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 1, p. 85; Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 95.</ref>

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 == Services to Hajj ==
-Abd al-Muttalib, by re-digging the [[Zamzam|Zamzam well]], quenched the thirst of pilgrims with its water<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> and provided extensive services to the visitors of the [[House of God]].<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 67; Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> Abd al-Muttalib was the first to gild the door of the Kaaba<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, pp. 103-104.</ref> and made a golden lock and key for it.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 69.</ref>
+Abd al-Muttalib, by re-digging the [[Zamzam|Zamzam well]], quenched the thirst of pilgrims with its water<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> and provided extensive services to the visitors of the kaaba.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 67; Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 103.</ref> Abd al-Muttalib was the first to gild the door of the Kaaba<ref>Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, pp. 103-104.</ref> and made a golden lock and key for it.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 69.</ref>
 == Death of Abd al-Muttalib ==
 Abd al-Muttalib, according to one narration, died at the age of 82, when the [[Messenger of God]] was eight years old, in [[Mecca]] and was buried in [[Al-Hajun Cemetery|Al-Hajun cemetery]] near [[Al-Masjid al-Haram]].<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 95; Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 1, p. 84.</ref> It is said that when Abd al-Muttalib's time of death approached, [[Abu Talib]] and Zubayr, who were from the same mother as Abdullah, the father of the Messenger of God (PBUH), gathered everyone and entrusted the care of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to them, and according to one narration, he entrusted his guardianship to Abu Talib.<ref>Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 1, p. 85; Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 1, p. 95.</ref>