It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lightest punishment among people will be for Abu Talib; on his feet will be two shoes of fire, from the heat of which his brain will be boiling." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it! Both of them (Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim) agreed only upon the hadith of Abd al-Malik bin Umayr, which he narrated from Abdullah bin al-Harith, from Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, indeed Abu Talib used to protect you, defend you and become angry for your sake; so have you benefited him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I found him in the depths of the Fire, so I brought him out to a shallow part of the Fire." And (upon) the hadith of Yazid bin al-Had, narrated through Abdullah bin Khabbab from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when his uncle Abu Talib was mentioned in his presence, say: "Perhaps my intercession will benefit him on the Day of Resurrection, so that he will be placed in a shallow part of Hell which will reach his ankles, and from its heat his brain will be boiling."