Abu Talib: Difference between revisions

There are different reports on the day and month Abu Talib passed away, but according to [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] , he passed away on [[Rajab 26]], 10th of [[bi'tha]] ([[Rajab 26]], [[4 BH]]/[[March 19]], [[619 CE|619]]). After mentioning the date [[Lady Khadija (a)]] passed away, Yaqubi believes that Abu Talib passed away three days later at the age of 86 or 90.<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 1, p. 354.</ref> Some have mentioned his demise happened on the 1st of [[Dhu l-Qa'da]] (June 11) or [[Shawwal]] (May 13).<ref>Maqrīzī, ''Imtāʿ al-asmāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 45.</ref> The [[Prophet (s)]] called that year "[['Am al-Huzn]]" (Year of Sadness).<ref>Maqrīzī, ''Imtāʿ al-asmāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 45.</ref> On the day Abu Talib passed away, the Prophet (s) asked [['Ali (a)]] to perform the [[ghusl of the dead]] for Abu Talib and [[Shroud|enshroud]] him while he (s) was very sorrowful and cried and prayed to [[God]] for Abu Talib's (a) forgiveness.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 35, p. 163.</ref> When they arrived at the burial place of Abu Talib, the Prophet (s) said, "I ask God for your forgiveness in the manner that all [[Jinn|Jinns]] and people wonder."<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 14, p. 76.</ref> He was buried in [[Mecca]] beside the grave of his father 'Abd al-Muttalib (a) in [[al-Hajun cemetery]].<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 29.</ref>