He put a lot of pressure on one of his relatives...

He put a lot of pressure on one of his relatives, called Harb ibn Umayyah, to pay the blood money of a Jew who had been killed under instigation and persuasion.[^11] He used to encourage his children to stay away from the nasty deeds of this world and engage themselves in good deeds.[^12] `Abd al-Muttalib believed in a number of traditions which were approved of in Islam; among them we may refer to the prohibition of drinking wine, the prohibition of adultery, the punishment of adulterers; the cutting of the thief's hand, the banishment of ill-named Meccan women, the prohibition of burying daughters alive, the prohibition of marriage with intimates, the prohibition of being naked in circumambulating the Kaaba, carrying out one's vows and obligations, the observance of the sacred months, and finally engaging in mutual cursing (mubahalah).[^13] It is narrated that `Abd al-Muttalib was the evidence of God and Abu-talib God's Representative.[^14] The Household of Monotheism 's household was a household of monotheism.

According to the beliefs of researchers who believed in Imamate, 's father and his ancestors from Adam to `Abdullah were all monotheists. There was no atheist among them—a fact asserted by many Qur'anic verses and narrations. The Holy Prophet is reported to have said, “God led me from the clean men's loin into the clean women's wombs and put me into your world and never let me be mingled with the corruptions of the Ignorance Era.”[^15] We know that no dirt is worse than atheism or disbelief.

If ever there were an atheist or disbeliever among the progeny or progenitors of anybody, he would not be considered clean. The Twelver Imamiyyah scholars believe that Abu-talib and aminah bint (daughter of) Wahab—the Holy Prophet’s mother—were monotheists.[^16] In this regard, Imam `Ali (a.s) has stated: “I swear to God that my father and ancestors, `Abd al-Muttalib, Hashim and `Abd Manaf, did not believe in any form of idolatory.

They were true followers of Prophet Abraham’s religion and used to perform prayers to God at the Kaaba.”[^17] Chapter Two : The Holy Prophet’s Childhood and Adolescence The Birth The Arabs at the Ignorance Era did not have any constant historical starting point; rather, they considered some significant local events, such as the death of a distinguished man or a bloody war between two tribes as a temporary historical point of reference.[^18] No such historical point existed among all Arab tribes either.