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Mawlid-Nabi-English, page : 22
eighth
birthday he was taken ill and passed away. Before Abd Al Muttalib died he entrusted the care of his grandson to his son Abu Talib, the blood brother of Muhammad's father Abdullah, who gladly became Muhammad's guardian and took him into his own household.
As Abd Al Muttalib's bier was carried to a place known as Al Hujun for burial, many walked in his
funeral procession and his young grandson shed many graveside. It was a time of great sorrow.
tears as he walked with them
to the
Like his father before him, Abu Talib became a loving guardian to his nephew and his wife, Fatima, daughter of Asad, Hashim's son, and half brother of Abd Al Muttalib, did all she could to compensate
for the mother he had lost. Indeed, such was the degree of her care that in later years after her
beloved trust had attained prophethood, the Prophet told those around him that rather than let him go hungry, Fatima would have preferred to let her own children go without, however he was never of a greedy nature and would share whatever he was given.
Upon the death of Abd Al
birthday he was taken ill and passed away. Before Abd Al Muttalib died he entrusted the care of his grandson to his son Abu Talib, the blood brother of Muhammad's father Abdullah, who gladly became Muhammad's guardian and took him into his own household.
As Abd Al Muttalib's bier was carried to a place known as Al Hujun for burial, many walked in his
funeral procession and his young grandson shed many graveside. It was a time of great sorrow.
tears as he walked with them
to the
Like his father before him, Abu Talib became a loving guardian to his nephew and his wife, Fatima, daughter of Asad, Hashim's son, and half brother of Abd Al Muttalib, did all she could to compensate
for the mother he had lost. Indeed, such was the degree of her care that in later years after her
beloved trust had attained prophethood, the Prophet told those around him that rather than let him go hungry, Fatima would have preferred to let her own children go without, however he was never of a greedy nature and would share whatever he was given.
Upon the death of Abd Al