Editing Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (section)

{{Short description|Paternal uncle of Muhammad (c.566–653)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib<br />{{lang|ar|ٱلْعَبَّاسُ{{nbsp}}بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْمُطَّلِبِ}}
| image              = العبَّاس بن عبد المُطلب.png
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{Circa|566}}
| birth_place        = [[Mecca]], [[Hejaz]], [[Pre-Islamic Arabia|Arabia]] {{small|(present-day [[KSA]])}}
| death_date         = {{Circa|653}} {{small|(aged c.86)}}
| death_place        = [[Medina]], [[Rashidun Caliphate]] {{small|(present-day KSA)}}
| nationality        = 
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = 
| known_for          = Paternal uncle of [[Muhammad]] and eponymous ancestor of the [[Abbasid Dynasty]]
| spouse             = {{bulleted|
[[Lubaba bint al-Harith|Ummul Fadl]]|Fatima}}{{small|[[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib#Family|''(among others)'']]}}
| children           = {{bulleted|
[[Fadl ibn Abbas|Fadl]]|[[Ibn Abbas|Abd Allah]]|[[Qutham ibn Abbas|Qutham]]}} {{small|[[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib#Family|''(among others)'']]}}
| father             = [[Abd al-Muttalib]]
| mother             = [[Natila bint Janab]]
| relations          = {{collapsible list
|title=''brothers'':
|{{bulleted|[[Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Harith]]
|[[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abdullah]]
|[[Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Zubayr]]
|[[Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abu Talib]]
|[[Abū Lahab]]
|[[Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Hamza]]
}}}}
{{collapsible list
|title=''sisters'':|{{bulleted|[[Umm Hakim bint Abd al-Muttalib|Umm Ḥakīm]]
|[[Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib|Umaymah]]
|[[Arwa bint Abd al-Muttalib|Arwa]]
|[[Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib|'Atikah]]
|[[Barrah bint Abd al-Muttalib|Barrah]]
|[[Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib|Safiyyah]]}}}}
| family             = [[Banu Hashim]] ([[Quraysh]])
}}

'''Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib'''{{efn|{{langx|ar|ٱلْعَبَّاسُ{{nbsp}}بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْمُطَّلِبِ|al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib}}}} ({{circa|566–653 [[Common era|CE]]}}) was a paternal uncle and [[Companions of the Prophet|sahabi]] (companion) of the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]], just three years older than his nephew. A wealthy merchant, during the early years of [[Islam]] he protected Muhammad while he was in [[Mecca]], but only became a convert after the [[Battle of Badr]] in 624 CE (2&nbsp;AH). His descendants founded the [[Abbasid dynasty]] in 750.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{Citation |last=Huston Smith |first=Cyril Glasse |title=The new encyclopedia of Islam |url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopediao0000glas |year=2002 |place=Walnut Creek, CA |publisher=AltaMira Press |isbn=0-7591-0190-6 |url-access=registration}}</ref>