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Ali
علي ابن أبي طالب
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Amīr al-Mu’minīn (Arabic: أَمـيـر الـمُـؤمـنـيـن‎‎, "Commander of the Faithful Ones")' see section "Titles"
place where Ali is buried.
4th Rashidun caliph of Sunni Islam
Reign 656–661
Predecessor Uthman ibn Affan
Successor Hasan ibn Ali
1st Imam of Shia Islam
(Twelver, Zaydi, and Nizari Ismaili view)
Reign 632–661
Successor Hasan ibn Ali
Asas/Wasih of Shia Islam
(Musta'li Ismaili view)
Successor Hasan ibn Ali (2nd Imam)
Born 13 Rajab 21 BH in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar (15 September AD 601)
Ka'bah, Mecca, Hijaz, Arabian Peninsula
Died 21 Ramadan 40 AH (29 January 661)
(aged 59)
Kufa, Iraq
Burial Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf, Iraq
Spouses
Issue
(among others)
Full name

‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Arabic: علي ابن أبي طالب‎‎
Tribe Quraysh (Banu Hashim)
Father Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib
Mother Fatimah bint Asad
Religion Islam
Full name

‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Arabic: علي ابن أبي طالب‎‎
ʿAlī bin Abī Ṭālib
Hakob Hovnatanian - Ali ibn Abi Talib.jpg
ʿAlī bin Abī Ṭālib by Hakob Hovnatanyan (c. 19th century)
Sunnism: Rightly-Guided Caliph
Shiism: First Imam
All Islam: Ahl al-Bayt, Ṣaḥābī, Martyr; Commander of the Faithful, One Promised Paradise, The Door to the City of Knowledge, One whom God Favored, The Great News, Leader of the God-conscious, Lion of God, Brave-heart, Leader of the Knights of God, Father of the Dust, King of the Saints, Leader of the Saints
Venerated in All Islam (Salafis honor rather than venerate him).
Major shrine Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf, Iraq

‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Ali (/ˈɑːli, ɑːˈl/;Arabic: علي‎, translit. ʿAlī‎, Arabic pronunciation: [ʕaliː]; 13 Rajab, 21 BH – 21 Ramadan, 40 AH (c. 594 – 29 January 661) was the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. He ruled as the fourth caliph from 656 to 661, and was first Imam of Shia Islam from 632 to 661.

Born to Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Asad, Ali was the only child believed to have been born in the sacred sanctuary of the Ka‘bah (Arabic: كَـعـبَـة‎‎) in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam, according to many classical Islamic sources, especially Shia ones. Ali was the first young male who accepted Islam. After migrating to Medina, he married Muhammad's daughter Fatimah. Ali took part in the early caravan raids from Mecca and later in almost all the battles fought by the nascent Muslim community. He was appointed caliph by Muhammad's Companions (Sahaba) in 656, after Caliph Uthman ibn Affan was assassinated. Ali's reign saw civil wars and in 661, he was attacked and assassinated by a Kharijite while praying in the Great Mosque of Kufa, dying two days later.


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