Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Abu Talib fell ill and the Quraysh came to him, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also arrived to visit him. There was space for one person to sit by his head, when Abu Jahl stood up and sat in that place. The people, complaining about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), said: "Abu Talib! Your nephew speaks ill of our gods." Abu Talib said: "Your people are complaining about you, what is the reason?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O uncle! I want them to say such a word, by which the Arabs will become subservient to them and the non-Arabs will pay them jizya." He said: "What is that word?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah)." Hearing this, those people stood up and said: "Has he made all the gods into one god?" Then this Qur'an was revealed: Saad. By the Qur'an full of reminder! But the disbelievers are in pride and opposition. We destroyed many generations before them; they cried out, but it was not the time for escape. And the disbelievers are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves, and they say: 'This is a sorcerer, a great liar. Has he made all the gods into one god? This is indeed a strange thing.'" (Surah Saad: 1 to 5)

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to his uncle: Say "There is no god but Allah," and I will testify on your behalf because of it on the Day of Resurrection. He replied: If it were not that the Quraysh would reproach me by saying that weakness has led Abu Talib to utter this word, I would say this word and bring coolness to your eyes. Then Allah Almighty revealed: Surely, you do not guide whom you love.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: When Abu Talib passed away, I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Your old uncle has died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go and bury him, and then come to me without doing any other work. So I buried him and then came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go and take a bath, and then come to me without doing any other work. So I took a bath and came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made such supplications for me that I would not prefer to have red and black camels in place of them. After that, whenever Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would give a bath to a deceased person, he would also bathe himself.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Abu Talib has died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go and bury him. He said: He died in a state of polytheism. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go and bury him. So I buried him, then I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: Perform ghusl (ritual bath).

Syedna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when Abu Talib was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is possible that on the Day of Resurrection, Abu Talib will benefit from my intercession and he will be placed in the Fire of Hell reaching up to his ankles, from which his brain will boil.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Your uncle Abu Talib used to protect you and benefit you? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Because of this, he will be in fire reaching up to his ankles, and if it were not for me, he would have been in the lowest level of the fire.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the people of Hell, the lightest punishment will be for Abu Talib; he will be made to wear two sandals of fire, due to which his brain will begin to boil.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me two or three years before migrating to Madinah Munawwarah, at that time I was seven years old. This was during the days of the death of Sayyida Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Abu Salamah and Yahya narrate that when Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away, the wife of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz’oon (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyidah Khawlah bint Hakim (may Allah be pleased with her), came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Will you not marry? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: With whom? She said: If you want a virgin, that can be arranged, and if you want a widow, that too can be arranged. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is the virgin? She said: The daughter of the most beloved person to you among Allah’s creation, Aisha bint Abi Bakr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is the widow? She said: Sawdah bint Zam’ah, she has believed in you and followed you according to your command. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Alright, go and convey this message to both of them on my behalf.

So Sayyidah Khawlah entered the house of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Umm Ruman! What goodness and blessings Allah has brought into your house! She asked: What is it? Sayyidah Khawlah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me; I have come with a proposal from him for Aisha. She said: Wait for Abu Bakr to come. Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. Sayyidah Khawlah said: O Abu Bakr! What goodness and blessings Allah has bestowed upon you! He asked: What is it? She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me; I have come with a proposal from him for Aisha. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Is Aisha lawful for him? She is his niece. So she returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of Abu Bakr’s words. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go back and tell them: You are my brother in Islam and your daughter is lawful for me.

So she returned and conveyed this to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). This time he said: Then wait. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) set out. Meanwhile, Sayyidah Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her) explained that Mut’im bin ‘Adi had mentioned his son for Aisha. By Allah, it has never happened that he made a promise and did not keep it for Abu Bakr. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Mut’im bin ‘Adi, whose wife Umm al-Fati was sitting with him. His wife said: O son of Abu Quhafah! If our son marries your daughter, perhaps you will make him abandon his religion and enter yours. Hearing this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Mut’im bin ‘Adi: Is this what she is saying? He replied: She only says this. (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr understood that Mut’im agreed with his wife.) Therefore, he left and whatever was in his heart regarding that man’s promise, Allah removed it. So Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) returned and said to Khawlah: Call the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So she called him, and he married Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). At that time, Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was six years old.

Then Sayyidah Khawlah (may Allah be pleased with her) left and went to Sayyidah Sawdah bint Zam’ah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: What goodness and blessings Allah has bestowed upon you! She asked: How so? She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me to give you a proposal. She said: I wish for this, but go to my father and mention this to him. He was an elderly man and had stayed behind from Hajj due to old age. So she went to him and greeted him with the greeting of the time of ignorance. He asked: Who is this? She said: I am Khawlah bint Hakim. He asked: Why have you come? She said: Muhammad bin Abdullah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me; I have come with a proposal from him for Sawdah. He said: This is an excellent match, but what does your friend Sawdah herself want? She said: She desires this. He said: Call her to me. So I brought her to him. He said: O my dear daughter! Khawlah is telling me that Muhammad bin Abdullah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent a proposal for you. This is an excellent match. Would you like me to marry you to him? Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Yes. He said: Khawlah, go and bring the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and he married Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) to him.

When Sayyidah Sawdah’s brother, Abd bin Zam’ah, returned from Hajj and learned of this marriage, he began to throw dust on his head. But after he accepted Islam, he said: By your life! The day I threw dust on my head because of the marriage of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sawdah, I was foolish.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: So we migrated and reached Madinah Munawwarah and stayed at the place of Sunh with the Banu Harith bin Khazraj. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, he entered our house, and the men and women of the Ansar gathered around him. My mother came to me while I was in a swing tied between two date-palm trees. She took me down from the swing; my hair reached my shoulders. She combed my hair and washed my face with water. Then she led me forward, and when we reached the door, I was out of breath. When my breath settled, she took me inside the house, where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting on a bed, and the men and women of the Ansar were also present. My mother seated me beside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: These are your family; may Allah bless you in them and them in you. Then the people got up and left the house. There, in our house, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was alone with me. No camels or goats were slaughtered for my marriage. Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) had sent us a dish of food. Usually, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would be alone with his wife on the occasion of marriage, he would send this food. At that time, I was nine years old.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that Jibreel (Gabriel), peace be upon him, came to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and said: O Messenger of Allah! This is Khadijah coming to you with a vessel containing stew, or food, or drink. When she reaches you, convey to her greetings of peace from her Lord and from me, and give her the glad tidings of a house in Paradise made of pearls and rubies, in which there will be neither noise nor fatigue.