Abu Tаlib lоst everything. Stоries recоunt Muhаmmаd’s family eating leaves from the trees, because they could not afford food. Aging and likely weakened from starvation, Khadijah, Muhammad’s closest confidant, died in 650 CE, followed by his protector, Abu Talib. Muhammad called it the Year of Sadness (or the Year of Sorro) and the darkest period of his life.