Re: Question for all
I didn’t know Shias considered Abu Talib as a Muslim…That’s the first time I am hearing that…
Still, you will never hear a Sunni abuse or curse him or even challenge the position he held in the life of the Holy Prophet :saw: and the love and respect which the Holy Prophet (saw) held for him…
All we know that as Abu Talib was dying, the Holy Prophet :saw: told him to even just whisper in his ear the Shahada…But Abu Talib refused…
But in the case of Shias, seems he did declare the Shahada…
It seems strange that my brother’s MIL is a stout Barelvi…Deeply and devotionaly steeped in peeri mureedi…
I didn’t know that Barelvis consider Abdullah, the father of the Holy Prophet :saw: as a Muslim…And she and I got into an argument about why he died on Kufr…Because in Sahih Bukhari, it relates how a Sahabi came to the Holy Prophet (saw) and asked him where his father was who was deceased…The Holy Prophet :saw: stated that he was in hellfire…Upon hearing this, the Sahabi became most sad and quietly started walking away, but the Holy Prophet :saw: came up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder and said, don’t be sad…My father too is in hellfire…
Also in Sahih Bukhari, a Sahabi asked the Holy Prophet :saw: that since he loved Abu Talib so much and since he hadn’t accepted Islam, what was there that the Holy Prophet :saw: do?
The Holy Prophet :saw: said, the only thing I could do was pray that his punishment be reduced as much as possible for which the he will receive the lightest punishment…i.e. he will be made to stand in a pool (or river) of fire the heat of which will boil his brain…
Wallahoalam, but still…No Sunni ever bestows his lanat or questions the love that Abu Talib had for his nephew…