3 Al-Hujja p.

3 Al-Hujja p.24, Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol.3 p.312, Sheikhul Abtah p.76, al-Ghadeer, vol.7 p.381, 390-391, A'yan ash-Shia, vol.39 p.136-37. Islam; the great Prophet (s). Imam Baqir (1) was asked about the false tradition fabricated against Abu Talib saying that Abu Talib would be in Hell.

He answered: "If the faith of the Abu Talib is put in a scale of a balance and the faith of the peoples is put in the other scale, the faith of Abu Talib will outweigh." Then he said: "Don't you know that ameerul mo'mineen Ali (s) ordered to offer the hajj for the sake of Abdullah, Aamina (2) and Abu Talib during his lifetime (Ali's lifetime) and then he ordered in his will to offer the hajj for them." (3) The faithfulness of Abu Talib was of a prudent man not of an imitator.

It was faithfulness of a struggling supporter. Abu Talib was the leader of the greatest tribe among all the Arabs. In fact it was the essence of the Arabs. He was the chief of the town that all the Arabs used to visit for its sacredness and holiness. Such an obeyed leader and a highly respected chief turned to be a follower of an orphan, who was brought up by Abu Talib himself.

He left his leadership and high position and followed his nephew; the Prophet, who was chosen by the Heaven to be the means between the Creator and His creatures. Wasn't it a true faithfulness that made this great an as same as any of the slaves, who followed the Prophet (s)?

Then Imam Baqir proved the faithfulness of Abu Talib when saying that Imam Ali had ordered to offer the hajj for the sake of Abu Talib not only during his lifetime (Ali's lifetime) but also after his death when recording that in his will. Hajj was one of the basic pillars of Islam and hence Ali wouldn't have ordered to be offered for an unfaithful man! ____________ 1 He was the son of Imam Sajjad. 2 Abdullah and Aamina were the Prophet's father and mother.

3 Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol.3 p.311, Al-Hujja p.18, Sheikhul Abtah p.23, 76, al-Ghadeer, vol.7 p.381, 391, A'yan ash-Shia, vol.39 p.136. As for Imam Sadiq (1) (s) he had plentiful sayings about his great grandfather Abu Talib, in which he confuted all the accusations ascribed to his grandfather.

The age of Imam Sadiq was after the end of the state of the Umayyads, which poured upon the people flows of disasters and distresses, and the beginning of the state of the Abbasids, who ruled under the pretense of getting back the rights of the Alawites.