1. We were told by Hussain bin Ibrahim bin Ahmad bin Isham, the teacher, and Ali bin Abdullah al-Warraq, and Ahmad bin Ziyad al-Hamdani, that they said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Mufaddal bin Umar, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said:

Abu Talib, may Allah be pleased with, accepted Islam by the calculation of the camel, and he counted thirty six with his hand. Then he, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, the example of Abu Talib is like the example of the people of the cave; they concealed faith and expressed polytheism, hence, Allah gave them their reward two times.