Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | |
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| أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب | |
| Chief of Banu Hashim clan of Quraysh | |
| In office c. 578 - 619 CE | |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim |
| Succeeded by | Abu Lahab |
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| Born | 'Imran (عِمْرَان) or 'Abd Manaf (عَبْد مَنَاف) c. 535 CE Mecca, Hijaz (present-day Saudi Arabia) |
| Died | c. 619 (aged 83–84) Mecca, Hijaz |
| Resting place | Jannat al-Mu'alla Mecca |
| Spouse | Fatima bint Asad |
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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. As he was the brother of Abdullah, the father of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, he was the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s uncle and father of Ali. After the death of his father Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, he inherited this position as tribal chieftain, and the offices of Siqaya and Rifada. He was well-respected in Mecca.
According to general consensus of Sunni Islamic scholars, Abu Talib never converted to Islam.