The Companions View

1) Abu Bakr said: “Hazrat Abu Talib (as) didn’t die until he had said: There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.).”

2) The great companion Abu Zarr, whose eyes hadn’t been blinded by the shine of gold nor had he been frightened by the violence of Mo’awiya said: 

“By Allah, whom there is no god other than! Hazrat Abu Talib (as) didn’t die until he became a Muslim ...”

3)Abdullah bin Abbas was asked by a man: “O cousin of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.)! Would you tell me about Hazrat Abu Talib (as)? Was he a Muslim or not?”

Abdullah bin Abbas answered him: “How was he not a Muslim whereas he said:

“They knew well that our son had never been a liar, nor had he cared for absurdities.”

4)Hassaan bin Saabit, the poet recited:

“If you mourn a dead,

Please, mourn the loyal man; the brother of the loyal.”

Sibt bin aj-Jawzi when explaining this verse said: “He means Hamza and Hazrat Abu Talib (as).”

These confessions were not limited to a certain age rather than the others or to a certain class of people ... everyone, who was honest, fair, impartial and not affected by the different fancies, had a ray of light emitted in the darkness to light the straight way.

5)It was a word of rightness emitted of the mouth of the Abbasid King Abdullah al-Ma’moon, although he was not such an honest man, but it was a fair word that slipped away of his mouth willingly or unwillingly. He said: “By Allah, Hazrat Abu Talib (as) became a Muslim when he said:

I supported the Prophet; the Prophet of the Lord,

with swords shining like the lightening.

I defended and protected the Prophet of the Lord,

as kind guardian.

I creep to his enemies like a young camel with much heed,

but I roar at them proudly,

as a lion roaring in its liar