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==Personality of 'Abd al-Muttalib== | ==Personality of 'Abd al-Muttalib== | ||
Ya’qubi says: | Ya’qubi says: | ||
'Abd al-Muttalib was an unparalleled noble of Quraysh in those days, for God had granted him magnanimity | 'Abd al-Muttalib was an unparalleled noble of Quraysh in those days, for God had granted him magnanimity He had granted no one else before, and quenched his thirst from [[Zamzam|the Zamzam well]] (in Mecca) and Dhul-Harm (in Ta'if). Quraysh appointed him as referee for [issues relating to] their wealth. He fed the people in times of famine and hunger, so much that he had even fed the birds of the mountains. In this regard Abu Talib says: | ||
When the hands of gamblers start to tremble (i.e. when the generous start to become stingy) و نطعم حتّی یأکل الطیر فضلناإذا جعلت أیدی المفیضین ترعد | When the hands of gamblers start to tremble (i.e. when the generous start to become stingy) و نطعم حتّی یأکل الطیر فضلناإذا جعلت أیدی المفیضین ترعد | ||
We shall give people so much food that even the birds will eat from what is left. | We shall give people so much food that even the birds will eat from what is left. | ||
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According to religious and regional narrations, Abrahah’s offensive against Mecca, famously known as [['Am al-Fil|the Companions of the Elephant]], was contemporary to 'Abd al-Muttalib. Abrahah marched from Yemen to Mecca with an army of elephants to destroy [[the Kaaba]]. Abrahah’s army pillaged the camels of Quraysh, for which a meeting between 'Abd al-Muttalib and Abrahah was organized, where 'Abd al-Muttalib only requested his camels be freed. Abrahah said, “I thought you have come to negotiate about the Kaaba.” 'Abd al-Muttalib replied, “I am the master of the camels, and that house (i.e. the Kaaba) has a master for itself.” He went back to Mecca and told the people to go to the mountains and take their belongings with them. Only a couple of Abrahah’s men survived and fled the following day, when a giant flock of birds attacked his army. | According to religious and regional narrations, Abrahah’s offensive against Mecca, famously known as [['Am al-Fil|the Companions of the Elephant]], was contemporary to 'Abd al-Muttalib. Abrahah marched from Yemen to Mecca with an army of elephants to destroy [[the Kaaba]]. Abrahah’s army pillaged the camels of Quraysh, for which a meeting between 'Abd al-Muttalib and Abrahah was organized, where 'Abd al-Muttalib only requested his camels be freed. Abrahah said, “I thought you have come to negotiate about the Kaaba.” 'Abd al-Muttalib replied, “I am the master of the camels, and that house (i.e. the Kaaba) has a master for itself.” He went back to Mecca and told the people to go to the mountains and take their belongings with them. Only a couple of Abrahah’s men survived and fled the following day, when a giant flock of birds attacked his army. | ||
==Digging the Zamzam Well== | ==Digging the Zamzam Well== | ||
According to historical documents of Mecca, prior to Qusai b. Kilab’s conquest, who was 'Abd al-Muttalib’s grandfather, the Jurhum tribe ruled over Mecca. The oppressiveness of their tribesmen evoked a rise against them by other tribes. In the end, the Khuza’a tribe defeated them. ' | According to historical documents of Mecca, prior to Qusai b. Kilab’s conquest, who was 'Abd al-Muttalib’s grandfather, the Jurhum tribe ruled over Mecca. The oppressiveness of their tribesmen evoked a rise against them by other tribes. In the end, the Khuza’a tribe defeated them. 'Umar b. Harith, the final Jurhum ruler went inside the Kaaba and hid all the jewelry and valuable presents that had been gifted to the Kaaba, in the Zamzam well and filled the well with soil to hide it. | ||
Years later, 'Abd al-Muttalib attempted to find the well. It is said that he found the place of the well in a dream and was given the mission to excavate it. 'Abd al-Muttalib excavated Zamzam, found the jewelry, and spent it for the Kaaba. Zamzam once again sprang with water. | Years later, 'Abd al-Muttalib attempted to find the well. It is said that he found the place of the well in a dream and was given the mission to excavate it. 'Abd al-Muttalib excavated Zamzam, found the jewelry, and spent it for the Kaaba. Zamzam once again sprang with water. | ||
==Pledge== | ==Pledge== | ||
According to reports 'Abd al-Muttalib faced disagreement and obstruction by the Quraysh when he decided to excavate the well. He made a pledge that if God gives him ten sons he would sacrifice one of them next to the Kaaba. God Almighty blessed him with ten sons. He randomly selected one of his sons, and Abdullah's name came out, but | According to reports 'Abd al-Muttalib faced disagreement and obstruction by the Quraysh when he decided to excavate the well. He made a pledge that if God gives him ten sons he would sacrifice one of them next to the Kaaba. God Almighty blessed him with ten sons. He randomly selected one of his sons, and Abdullah's name came out, but he sacrificed a hundred camels instead. | ||
'Ali Davani believes this story is not true and was composed by the [[Ammawids]], arguing based on the weak chain of narrators that includes unknown or weak persons, and the fact that child sacrificing was a pagan tradition while 'Abd al-Muttalib was a monotheist. He believes that the Ammawids fabricated this story in order to decrease Imam 'Ali's (a) position through damaging his ancestral nobility. | 'Ali Davani believes this story is not true and was composed by the [[Ammawids]], arguing based on the weak chain of narrators that includes unknown or weak persons, and the fact that child sacrificing was a pagan tradition while 'Abd al-Muttalib was a monotheist. He believes that the Ammawids fabricated this story in order to decrease Imam 'Ali's (a) position through damaging his ancestral nobility. | ||