What did Abu Talib do?

Answer 1

Abu Talib was the uncle of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him and his family) and Father of Imam Ali (peace be upon him and his family) aka Ali Ibn Abu Talib meaning Ali son of Abu Talib. He was a full brother of Prophet Mohammad's father and protected Prophet Mohammad from his early childhood from the clan of Quraish and other enemies till the day he died. He was also a leader and head of the clan of Banu Hashim. He was also the father of Imam Ali who is the successor of Prophet Mohammad. Abu Talib means Father of Talib. His real name was Imran and was known as Abu Talib because he had a son name Talib.

Answer 2

he was a supporter of prophet and his poems prove this. but there are many Propaganda against him because he was father of Imam Ali a.s. and Muaviyeh hated him too much and he made his best try to keep people away from him by making propaganda by hadith factories.

Answer 3

the real name of hazrat abu talib a.s is IMRAN a.s, on which the third soorah of Qur'an e Hakeem is AaL-e-IMRAN (a.s). (read Qur'an with urdu translation of Imdad Kazmi sb)