al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib

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Al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib ( Arabic العباس بن عبد المطلب, DMG al-ʿAbbās bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ; * at 565 in Mecca ; † around 653 in Medina ) was one of the companions of the Prophet Mohammed , the founder of the Islamic religion . His father was a half-brother of Mohammed's father. His kunya was Abu 'l-Faḍl. His half-brother was Abū Tālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib .

He held the honorary offices inherited in his family around the Kaaba shrine . When Mohammed proclaimed Islam, he did not turn to the new teaching for the time being. He is considered the ancestor of the Abbasids . His son was ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbbās , one of the oldest exegetes of the Koran .

Conversion to Islam

During the Battle of Badr between the Meccans and the Medininese, Al-ʿAbbās was captured by the much smaller Abu'l-Yasar, who fought on the side of Medina. Accordingly, according to tradition, Mohammed inquired about the manner of the imprisonment. The help, through a second man, described by Abu'l-Yasar, the prophet interpreted as an angel and saw the cause of the victory in divine intervention.

His conversion to Islam took place in 630, just before Mohammed conquered Mecca. The Prophet therefore called him the "last of the emigrants" ( Muhajirun ).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition. sv "al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib"