Aqeel ibn abi talib biography definition
Muslim bin aqeel father name
Abu talib ibn abd al-muttalib children.
Aqil ibn Abi Talib
Cousin of Muhammad and brother of Ali ibn Abi Talib
ʿAqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib (lit. "Aqil the Son of Abu Talib"; full name Abū Yazīd ʿAqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, Arabic: أبو يزيد عقيل بن أبي طالب بن عبد المطّلب بن هاشم), c.&#; – or , was a cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c.&#; – ) and an elder brother of Ali (c.&#; – ) and Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (c.&#; – ).[1]
Having fought on the side of the Qurayshi rulers of Mecca against Muhammad and the early Muslims, he converted to Islam a few years before the death of Muhammad in Under the second caliph Umar (r.&#;–), he was appointed a position as an expert in the genealogy of the Quraysh.
During the rivalry between his brother Ali (who reigned as the fourth caliphfrom until his death in ) and Mu'awiya (the first Umayyad caliph, r.&#;–) Aqil first chose the side of his brother, but later may have deserted him in favor of Mu'awiya, as the latter is said to have offered him better