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==Support of the Muslims in the Valley of Abu Talib== | ==Support of the Muslims in the Valley of Abu Talib== | ||
Main article: Sha‘b Abu Talib | Main article: Sha‘b Abu Talib | ||
In the seventh year of the Prophethood, after the economic boycott of the Muslims by the Quraysh, Banu Hashim and other Muslims were forced to settle in the area of Sha‘b Abu Talib. | In the seventh year of the Prophethood, after the economic boycott of the Muslims by the Quraysh, Banu Hashim and other Muslims were forced to settle in the area of Sha‘b Abu Talib.<ref>Ibn Saʿd , "Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā",vol. 1,p. 208/209.</ref> | ||
Abu Talib was among those who spent his wealth to support the Muslims. | Abu Talib was among those who spent his wealth to support the Muslims.<ref>Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb," Tārīkh al-Yāʿqūbī" ,vol. 1, p. 31.</ref> | ||
The faith of Abu Talib | ==The faith of Abu Talib== | ||
Some Muslim scholars have differing opinions regarding the faith of Abu Talib. Shia scholars, based on the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt ( | Some Muslim scholars have differing opinions regarding the faith of Abu Talib. Shia scholars, based on the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (a),<ref> al-Kulaynī , " Al-Kāfī ", vol. 1, p. 448/449.</ref> | ||
They believe that Abu Talib had embraced Islam. Some Sunni scholars also, citing evidence such as Abu Talib being washed according to the Prophet’s ( | They believe that Abu Talib had embraced Islam. Some Sunni scholars also, citing evidence such as Abu Talib being washed according to the Prophet’s (s) command, the Prophet’s prayers for his forgiveness, his Muslim wife Fatimah bint Asad remaining married to him, and the content of some of his poems, hold the view that he had faith.<ref>al-Mufīd, "Īmān Abī Ṭālib"; al-Mūsawī, " Īmān Abī Ṭālib ", p. 64-143; Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd , "Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah" ,vol. 14, p. 68-83.</ref> | ||
Some Sunni scholars have said that Abu Talib did not embrace Islam because he did not recite the Shahada. It has also been mentioned that verse 26 of Surah Al-An‘am | Some Sunni scholars have said that Abu Talib did not embrace Islam because he did not recite the Shahada. It has also been mentioned that verse 26 of Surah Al-An‘am<ref>Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd, "Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah" ,vol. 14, p. 65-66.</ref> | ||
And verse 113 of Surah At-Tawbah (which forbids the Prophet from seeking forgiveness for polytheists) was revealed regarding Abu Talib. However, in response, it has been said that he did recite the Shahada but kept it secret so that he could continue to support and protect the Prophet. | And verse 113 of Surah At-Tawbah (which forbids the Prophet from seeking forgiveness for polytheists) was revealed regarding Abu Talib. However, in response, it has been said that he did recite the Shahada but kept it secret so that he could continue to support and protect the Prophet.<ref>Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd , "Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah",vol. 14, p. 71-83.</ref> | ||
The verses of Surah Al-An‘am were revealed together and do not have separate occasions of revelation; and the verse forbidding supplication was revealed in Medina, after the death of Abu Talib. | The verses of Surah Al-An‘am were revealed together and do not have separate occasions of revelation; and the verse forbidding supplication was revealed in Medina, after the death of Abu Talib.<ref>Ibn Juzayy , "Zād al-Masīr", p. 304-305; al-Fakhr al-Rāzī , " Al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr", vol. 16, p. 157-158; al-Suyūṭī , "Al-Durr al-Manthūr", vol. 3, p. 282/283.</ref> | ||
Therefore, it is not a reason to reject his faith. | Therefore, it is not a reason to reject his faith. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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