Narrated al-Abbas bin Abdul Mutallib (radiyallahu anhu) that he said to the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam): ‘You have not been of any avail to your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by Allah, he used to protect you and used to become angry on your behalf.’ The Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) said: “He is in a shallow fire, and had it not been for me, he would have been in the bottom of the (Hell) Fire.” [Saheeh al-Bukharee v: 5, no: 222]