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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abu Talib, the Faithful of Quraysh The Final Word about the Faithfulness of Abu Talib The faithfulness of Abu Talib was so clear and certain that it did not need any evidence to be proved except that if you wanted to certify for the blind that the sun was shining in the sky and sending its rays and that the day was bright!

All Abu Talib’s sayings, his continuous jihad he had done for the sake of Islam and all the witnesses of the Prophet (S), his pure progeny and the companions confirmed his faith, his belief in monotheism and in the mission of the Prophet (S). Since all the evidences had confirmed Abu Talib’s faith in Islam, all the Shia agreed upon that with no any bit of doubt or suspect.

Whoever said other than that is not a Shia especially when the infallible imams had confirmed that with their irrefutable witnesses. So Shiism and believing that Abu Talib was unbeliever would never meet together; for whoever said that Abu Talib was unbeliever would deny the sayings of the infallible imams of the Shia when confirming the faithfulness of Abu Talib. Would he, who objected his imams, be a Shia? Therefore, the faithfulness of Abu Talib was one of the necessities of Shiism.

All the Shia said that and many of the Zaydis.[^1] Some of the great personalities of the Muítazilites said that too.[^2] Among them was Sheikh Abul Qassim al-Balkhi and Abu Ja’far al-Iskafi.[^3] Many of the saints and ulema said that it was proved for them that Abu Talib was a Muslim[^4] and that he would be safe from punishment; among them were al-Qurtubi, as-Sabki, ash-Sha’arani, and many others.

They said: “This is what we believe in before Allah.”[^5] Imam Ahmed bin al-Husayn al-Moossily al-Hanafi, who was known as ibn Wahshi, said: “Hating Abu Talib is unbelief.” ^6 So was said by al-Ajhoori, who was one of the Malikite imams, in his fatwas.[^7] At-Talmassani said when mentioning Abu Talib: “He should not be mentioned except with protecting the Prophet (S) because he protected and supported the Prophet (S) in saying and doing.