“The prayer of Hazrat Abu Talib was answered by God. When there was a famine in Mecca, people asked Abu Talib to pray for rain. He prayed with the Prophet (PBUH) who was a teenager. As a result of this prayer, it rained a lot,” stated the religious expert.

“Imam Ali's brother spoke frankly. He was an Arab genealogist and a brave man. Imam Ali’s brother spoke frankly. He was an Arab genealogist and a brave man. The explicitness of Aqeel’s speech caused him to defend the legitimacy of the Imam Ali (a.s.) in Muawiyah Palace” the religious scholar stated.

“Some of the poems in praise of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) are sincere, and we can see this kind of sincere praise of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) in the poems of Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.),” said the researcher of the religious sciences.

“Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.) has a special position in Arabic literature and one of the gaps in this field is the lack of study of his poetry in the eyes of writers,” said the researcher of religious sciences.

“God willing, the seminary will benefit from the blessings of the scientific works of this congress for many years. The seminary should pay more attention to introducing this great Islamic figure,” said Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani, considering the conference of Hazrat Abu Talib as an honor for the seminary.

The special program “Supporter of the Mission” with the speech of Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Mahdi Sabahi Kashani, a seminary researcher, will be broadcast on the Vali-e-Asr (a.s.) International TV.

Coincides with the anniversary of the demise of Hazrat Abu Talib, uncle of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) and father of Imam Ali (a.s.), the opening ceremony of the “International Conference of Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.); Supporter of the Great Prophet (p.b.u.h)”, was held on Tuesday morning, March 9, 2021, in Qom. Due to Covid-19, the ceremony was held in the presence of a limited number of scholars, professors and media representatives in the Quds Hall of the Imam Khomeini Higher Education Complex. But it was broadcast live on satellite and Internet networks. At the beginning of the ceremony and after reciting verses from the Holy Quran, Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Haeri Shirazi, one of the officials of the Academic Secretariat of the International Conference of Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.), presented a report on this international conference. Then, the video message of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi was broadcast, and after that, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, Ayatollah Akhtari, and the secretary of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, Ayatollah Hosseini Bushehri, delivered their speech. Tawashih performance was another program of this conference.

Stating that there is no discussion about faith, Shiites, Sunnis, etc. in holding the international conference “Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.); supporter of the Great Prophet (p.b.u.h)”, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly emphasized, “The purpose of this conference was to introduce the spiritual, social and monotheistic personality of Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.) who was able to be effective during the Be’that and in the circumstances that many left the Prophet (p.b.u.h) alone.”