They also mentioned that the Prophet (S) had said...

They also mentioned that the Prophet (S) had said: “Don’t curse the dead lest you harm the live.” ^17 They determined that: “Harming the Prophet (S) is unbelief. Whoever does that shall be killed if he doesn’t repent.” ^18 The Malikites thought that whoever harmed the Prophet (S) should be killed even if he repented. ^19 If it was so according to their thought, then wouldn’t defaming Abu Talib and accusing him wrongly harm the Prophet (S)?

It would be enough sin to make its committer deserve to be killed as punishment in this world and to be in Hell for ever as punishment in the afterlife. Therefore as-Sayooti said that their purpose behind defaming Abu Talib was to defame Ali himself but their arrow missed and hit the Prophet’s parents; Abdullah and Aamina, and grandfather Abdul Muttalib.

Any how the Prophet (S) and Ali (as) were as one soul and Abu Talib was to the Prophet (S) as was Abdullah to him and Fatima (Aliís mother) was to the Prophet (S) as Aamina was. As-Sayooti said: “I didn't pretend that the matter of the parents was agreed upon by the consensus but there was disagreement[^20] about it…