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Abu Talib was famous for his generosity.<ref>al-Balādhurī ," Ansāb al-Ashrāf  " ,vol. 2, p. 288.</ref>
Abu Talib was famous for his generosity.<ref>al-Balādhurī ," Ansāb al-Ashrāf  " ,vol. 2, p. 288.</ref>
He was also a talented and prominent poet.<ref>Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd ,  "Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah" ,vol. 15, p. 219.</ref>
He was also a talented and prominent poet.<ref>Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd ,  "Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah" ,vol. 15, p. 219.</ref>
His poetry in the early Islamic centuries was admired and frequently cited by renowned poets and literary figures.(21) Sībawayh ,  "Al-Kitāb", vol. 3, p. 260-261. ,,, al-Jāḥiẓ , "Al-Bayān wa al-Tabyīn" ,vol. 3, p. 30.
His poetry in the early Islamic centuries was admired and frequently cited by renowned poets and literary figures.<ref>Sībawayh ,  "Al-Kitāb", vol. 3, p. 260-261; al-Jāḥiẓ , "Al-Bayān wa al-Tabyīn" ,vol. 3, p. 30.</ref>
He composed a poem in support of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), which became famous as the Lamiyyah Qasida(22) al-Mufīd. , "Īmān Abī Ṭālib", p. 18.
He composed a poem in support of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), which became famous as the Lamiyyah Qasida<ref>al-Mufīd. , "Īmān Abī Ṭālib", p. 18.</ref> The poems of Abu Talib were compiled by Abu Heffan Mahzami (3rd century AH) under the title Diwan Abu Talib.<ref>Abū Hufān and al-Baṣrī ," Abu Talib Diwān," p. 37/46.</ref>
The poems of Abu Talib were compiled by Abu Heffan Mahzami (3rd century AH) under the title Diwan Abu Talib.(23)  Abū Hufān and al-Baṣrī ," Abu Talib Diwān," p. 37/46.
==Death==
Death
Abu Talib passed away in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah or mid-month of Shawwal in the tenth year of the Prophethood, at the age of 86, and according to one report, at the age of 90.<ref>Ibn Saʿd , "Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā",vol. 1,p. 125; Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb," Tārīkh al-Yāʿqūbī" ,vol. 2, p. 35.</ref>
Abu Talib passed away in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah or mid-month of Shawwal in the tenth year of the Prophethood, at the age of 86, and according to one report, at the age of 90.(24) ) Ibn Saʿd , "Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā",vol. 1,p. 125. ,,, Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb," Tārīkh al-Yāʿqūbī" ,vol. 2, p. 35.
And like his father, Abdul Muttalib.<ref>Ibn Saʿd , "Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā",vol. 1,p. 119.</ref>
And like his father, Abdul Muttalib.(25) Ibn Saʿd , "Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā",vol. 1,p. 119.
He was buried in the Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery located in [[Mecca]].<ref>al-Balādhurī ," Ansāb al-Ashrāf  " ,vol. 2, p. 289.</ref>
He was buried in the Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery located in Mecca.(26) al-Balādhurī ," Ansāb al-Ashrāf  " ,vol. 2, p. 289.
The Prophet (s) called that year, which coincided with the deaths of Abu Talib and his wife Khadijah, the "Am al-Huzn" (Year of Sorrow).<ref>al-Maqrīzī , " Imṭāʿ al-Ismāʿ",vol. 1, p. 45.</ref>
The Prophet (PBUH) called that year, which coincided with the deaths of Abu Talib and his wife Khadijah, the "Year of Sorrow" (Am al-Huzn).(27) al-Maqrīzī , " Imṭāʿ al-Ismāʿ",vol. 1, p. 45.
With his death, the pressures on the Muslims increased.<ref>Ibn Hishām , "Al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah" ,vol. 2, p. 284; al-Ṭabarī , " Tārīkh al-Umam wa al-Mulūk (Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī", vol. 2, p. 68_69; al-Bayhaqī ," Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah ", p. 349/350.</ref>
With his death, the pressures on the Muslims increased.(28) Ibn Hishām , "Al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah" ,vol. 2, p. 284. ,,, al-Ṭabarī , " Tārīkh al-Umam wa al-Mulūk (Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī", vol. 2, p. 68/69.,,, al-Bayhaqī ," Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah ", p. 349/350.
The cemetery in which he was buried is known among Iranians as the "Abu Talib Cemetery.<ref>Jaʿfarīān, , "Āsār-e Islāmī-ye Makka va Madīna", p. 161.</ref>
The cemetery in which he was buried is known among Iranians as the "Abu Talib Cemetery."(29) Jaʿfarīān, , "Āsār-e Islāmī-ye Makka va Madīna", p. 161.


==Guardianship of the Prophet==
==Guardianship of the Prophet==