As for al-Abbās, all his sons were young, for there was not(1) a single grown man among them in Mecca. Even supposing that they had been grown men, they were only Abd Allāh, Ubayd Allāh, and al-Fadl. Qutham was born after them. Al-Fadl was the eldest and the one after whom al-Abbās was given his kunyah.
Abd Allāh was born in the mountain pass after the revelation of His words:
“And warn your closest kindred.”
(Surah al-Shu'arā’: 214)
At the time of the Hijra, he was(2) about three or four years old. The only sons born to al-Abbās during the lifetime of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were al-Fadl, Abd Allāh, and Ubayd Allāh; the rest were born after the Prophet’s death.
As for al-Hārith ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Abū Lahab, their sons were fewer still. Al-Hārith had two sons, Abū Sufyān and Rabī'a. Both embraced Islam only later and were among those who became Muslims at the Conquest.
Likewise, the sons of Abū Lahab did not embrace Islam until the time of the Conquest. He had three sons, two of whom embraced Islam: Utbah and Mughīth. The latter took part in al-Tā’if and Hunayn. As for Utaybah, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed that a dog would devour him; a beast of prey then killed him at al-Zarqā(3) in al-Shām while he was still a disbeliever(4).
(1) N and M read: “and there was not.”
(2) This phrase is omitted from S. B reads: “At the time of the Hijra, he was one year old.”
(3) N and S read: “at al-Zarbā’,” which is a corruption.
(4) This report appears in Ibn Kathīr’s *Kitāb al-Fusūl fī Ikhtisār Sīrat al-Rasūl* (*The Book of Chapters Abridging the Biography of the Messenger*), edited by Muhammad al-‘Īd al-Khatrāwī and Muhyi al-Dīn Mistū, p. 207, Beirut ed., 1399–1400 AH. Its wording is: “He prayed against Ibn Abī Lahab, so Allah sent a beast of prey against him in al-Shām (Greater Syria), in fulfillment of his supplication, peace be upon him.” The two editors comment: “Ibn Abī Lahab was ‘Utba (sic) ibn ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā (Abū Lahab). The hadith was narrated by al-Hākim and Ibn Ishāq through sound, fully connected chains of transmission. See *Nasīm al-Riyād: Sharh Kitāb al-Shifā’* (*The Breeze of the Meadows: A Commentary on the Book of Healing*), 3:126. I did not find the hadith in Ibn Hishām’s *Sīra*. It appears in al-Hākim’s *al-Mustadrak* (*The Supplement*), 2:539, in the commentary on the Surah of Abū Lahab. Its wording is: ‘Lahab ibn Abī Lahab used to revile the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, said, “O Allah, set Your dog upon him.” He then set out with a caravan bound for al-Shām. When they stopped at a place, he said, “I fear the supplication of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace.” They replied, “No.” They placed their baggage around him and sat guarding him. A lion came, seized him, and carried him off.’ Al-Hākim said: ‘Its chain of transmission is sound, though neither al-Bukhārī nor Muslim recorded it.’ Al-Dhahabī concurred.”