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According to some sources Abd al-Muttalib passed away on [[Rabi' I 10]].<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid'', vol. 2, p. 791; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 97, p. 222.</ref> It is mostly believed that the Prophet (s) was eight years old when Abd al-Muttalib passed away ()<ref>Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 2, p. 282.</ref> at the age of eighty two, or one hundred and eight, or one hundred and forty. | According to some sources Abd al-Muttalib passed away on [[Rabi' I 10]].<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid'', vol. 2, p. 791; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 97, p. 222.</ref> It is mostly believed that the Prophet (s) was eight years old when Abd al-Muttalib passed away (45 BH/578 CE)<ref>Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 2, p. 282.</ref> at the age of eighty two, or one hundred and eight, or one hundred and forty. | ||
It is said that before his demise 'Abd al-Muttalib summoned his daughters, "Cry for me and read the elegies you want to read about me, so I can hear what you want to read for me after death before I die." His daughters did so, they mourned and each read their elegies. | It is said that before his demise 'Abd al-Muttalib summoned his daughters, "Cry for me and read the elegies you want to read about me, so I can hear what you want to read for me after death before I die." His daughters did so, they mourned and each read their elegies. | ||