There are many views regarding Abu Talib’s faith. Scholars from among the Shia believe that he left with faith whereas most Sunni scholars say that he left without having testified. Furthermore, it can be understood from some of his poems that he would frequently praise our Holy Prophet (PBUH) and had testified to him through his heart. Regarding this matter, Hazrat Badiuzzaman Said Nursi says, “The Shi'a agree to his belief, while most of the Sunnis do not agree to it. But what occurs to my heart is thls: Abu Talib loved most earnestly, not the Most Noble Prophet (Upon whom be blessings and peace)'s prophethood, but his person and his self. That - most earnest - personal love and tenderness of his surely will not go for nothing. Yes, Abu Talib sincerely loved Almighty God's Noble Beloved and protected and supported him; it was because of, not denial and obduracy, but feelings like shame and tribal solidarity that he did not believe in him in acceptable fashion. If due to this he goes to Hell, He may create a sort of particular Paradise for him, in reward for his good actions. Like He sometimes creates the spring during winter in sorne places, and for people in prison transforms by means of sleep the prison into a palace, so too He may turn a particular Hell into a sort of particular Paradise….” 1

1. Badiüzzaman Said Nursi, Mektûbat (Letters) p. 398-399