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Abu Talib

Biography of Ali ibn abi Talib, Amir al-Mu'menin (PBUH)

He was born in the Sacred House (Ka'bah). Providence alone had a hand in bringing his mother towards the Ka'bah. When his mother came to Ka'bah, she felt weighed down by intense pain of pregnancy.

Jafar al-Tayyar (Part 1)

Abu Talib, Shaikh al-Bat-ha, missed his nephew our Master Muhammad [PBUH]. So, he went to look for him. He was not alone. His son Ja'far aged twenty was with him. Shaikh al-Bat-ha and his son went to the hills near Makkah. They found him there.

The Book on Oneness of Allah (Q)

Chapter 18 on the Interpretation of al-Samad, Self-sufficient

Jafar ibn Abi Talib

In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle of the Prophet, was quite poor. He had a large family and did not have enough means to support them adequately. His poverty-stricken situation became much worse when a severe drought hit theArabian Peninsula. The drought destroyed vegetation and livestock and, it is said, people were driven to eat bones in the struggle for survival.

The Splendor of the prophet of Islam (Part 3)

Historians have clearly discerned in all dimensions of his person great spiritual energy and power, together with all the other qualities that are fitting in a great leader sent by heaven.

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