Abdu AL-Auza bin Abdu AL-Mutalib (Abu Lahab) His Life and His Hostile Attitude towards Islamic Mission

Abstract

All of us know that Abu Lahab has a great role in resisting the Islamic mission. The prophet (God's blessing and peace be upon him) wasn’t confronting the danger of the unbelievers only, but what larger than this is that of the unbelievers from his relatives of Banu Hashem like Abu Lahab and others. They stood strongly and severely against him and worked to destroying his mission by all means. Here other one may ask this question why we had mentioned Abu Lahab more than others of Quriash Leaders? We say that because Abu Lahab was the Prophet's uncle and one of the famous heads of Banu Hashem, to whom a sura devoted in the holy Quran promising with a punishment, torture and grace in his life and death. So that, his hostile attitude provoked the unbelievers and strengthened their pretext in his hostility, destroying him and his mission. Therefore, his attitude united with the rest of Quriesh influential Leaders from the beginning, because they felt that the Islamic mission will damage their profits and ruin their privileges, so they plotted conspiracies and made anti-powers against the Prophet. Then Abu Lahab separated from tribalism to money and privilege. I had mentioned in this research the details of events and reviewing them from two sides: First: Life of Abu Lahab before Islam. Second: His attitude towards Islamic mission. And I concluded it by analyzing the opposition of Abu Lahab its reasons, results and death (God curse him).