عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَمُّكَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ كَانَ يَحُوطُكَ وَيَنْفَعُكَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ فِي ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنْ نَارٍ لَوْلَا أَنَا كَانَ فِي الدَّرَكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Your uncle Abu Talib used to protect you and benefit you? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Because of this, he will be in fire reaching up to his ankles, and if it were not for me, he would have been in the lowest level of the fire.