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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Talib ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib (d. 619) married to Fatima bint Asad and was an uncle of Muhammad and raised and supported him while he was a young man. He was a full brother of Muhammad's father Abdullah, who had died before Muhammad's birth. Abu Talib took care of Muhammad after the death of Muhammad's mother. Abu Talib also protected Muhammad against other Quraishites who were the Prophet's enemies.
Other sources say that Abu Talib took care of Muhammad after the death of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, when Muhammad was 8 years old.
While Muhammad was a child, Abu Talib was head of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraish tribe. While the Banu Hashim was an important clan, Abu Talib was not a rich man. Once Muhammad got older, he took responsibility for Abu Talib's son Ali in order to help his uncle out.
Abu Talib had a trading caravan business with Syria.
When Muhammad was 20, he began to work for Khadija, who had a thriving caravan business. At age 25, Muhammad married Khadija, a wealthy woman.
Sources differ, some say she was a 40-year-old widow, and thereby became stepfather of Khadija’s two daughters from a previous marriage.
Other say she was younger and unmarried. The first version as the weight in the manny Muslims view.
After Muhammad began preaching the message of Islam, more and more members of the Quraish tribe came to feel threatened by Muhammad. In attempts to quiet him, they would lean on Abu Talib to silence his nephew or control him. Despite these pressures, Abu Talib did nothing but support Muhammad and defended him from the other heads of the Quraish.
Abu Talib died at around the same time as Muhammad's beloved wife Khadija, leading to an immensely sad time for him. This year was know as the saddest year of the life of the prophet.
After the death of Abu Talib, Muhammad emigrated to Medina.
Manny Sunni's hold the view that Abu Talib never recited the Kalima, so was a non-muslim.
Shia argue that that is highly unlikely as Abu Talib carried out the nikkah ceremony of Muhammad. Secondly he raised Muhammad and God would never let a kafir raise his prophet as at the time of Muhammad's birth there were some people who followed the path of Prophet Abraham and did not worship Idols, the Hanifs. Also Ali inherited him wich would be forbidden if he where an unbeliver.