Is the report mentioned in history books regarding Hind bint Utbah, that she was among those whose blood the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, declared lawful, authentically transmitted? And how could Abu Talib have been described as having a large family when he only had four sons?

Old Hadith scholars and historians did not count Hind bint Utbah among those whose blood was declared lawful (whose killing was permissible), while some contemporary writers did. Al-Nasa'i mentioned those whose blood was declared lawful on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, and they were four men and two women. Regarding the identification of the two women, it was stated that they were two singing slave-girls of Miqyas ibn Subabah; one of them was killed, and the other escaped and embraced Islam. Ibn al-Qayyim added another woman to those whose blood was declared lawful, namely "Sarah, a freed slave of some of the Banu Abd al-Muttalib."

As for Abu Talib's children, they were: Ali (Abu al-Hasan), Ja'far (Abu Abd Allah), Aqil (Abu Yazid), Umm Hani' (whose name was Fakhtah), Jumanah, and Talib, who was the eldest of them and died as a disbeliever.