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'Aqil was a son of [[Abu Talib b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]]. According to one of his offspring's names, his [[kunya]] was Abu Yazid. Based on reports, he was | 'Aqil was a son of [[Abu Talib b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]]. According to one of his offspring's names, his [[kunya]] was Abu Yazid. Based on reports, he was twenty years older than [[Imam Ali (a)]].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1078; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 42, p. 121.</ref> Therefore, his birth had been ten years after [['Am al-Fil]]. He was a genealogist of Quraysh. 'Aqil was quick at repartees and talked back to his interlocutors whoever they were.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 69.</ref> | ||
'Aqil reluctantly was present in the army of pagans during the [[Battle of Badr]]. He became captive in this war and his uncle [[al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|al-'Abbas]] paid 4000 dirham as [[fidya]] to set him free.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1078.</ref> | 'Aqil reluctantly was present in the army of pagans during the [[Battle of Badr]]. He became captive in this war and his uncle [[al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|al-'Abbas]] paid 4000 dirham as [[fidya]] to set him free.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1078.</ref> | ||