Husayn ibn Ali Imam of Muslims |
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Native name | الحسين ابن علي |
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(3 Sha'aban AH 4) Medinah, Hijaz |
10 October 625
Died | 10 October 680 (10 Muharram AH 61) Karbala, Umayyad section of Mesopotamia |
(aged 55)
Cause of death | Beheading after the Battle of Karbala |
Resting place | His shrine at Karbala, Karbala Governorate, Iraq 32°36′59″N 44°1′56.29″E / 32.61639°N 44.0323028°E |
Residence | Medinah, Hejaz |
Known for | being a grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, the Battle of Karbala, Shi‘ite Imam |
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Term | AC 670–680 |
Predecessor | (As Shi'ite Imam) Hasan ibn Ali |
Successor | (As Shi'ite Imam) Ali Zayn al-Abidin |
Opponent(s) | Yazid ibn Muawiyah |
Spouse(s) |
Shahr Banu bint Yazdegerd III (last Sassanid Emperor of Persia) Umme Rubāb Umme Laylā Umm Ishaq bint Talhah |
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Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī | |
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Shiism: Imam; Proof of God, The Martyr of Martyrs, Master of the Martyrs All Islam: Ahl al-Bayt, Ṣaḥābī, Martyr; Master of the Youths of Paradise |
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Venerated in | All Islam (Salafis honour rather than venerate him). |
Major shrine | Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq |
Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الحسين ابن علي ابن أبي طالب; 10 October 625 – 10 October 680) (3 Sha'aban AH 4 (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar) – 10 Muharram AH 61) (his name is also transliterated as Husayn ibn ‘Alī, Husain, Hussain and Hussein), was a grandson of the Islamic Nabi (Arabic: نَـبِي, Prophet) Muhammad, and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first Shia Imam and the fourth Rashid caliph of Sunni Islam), and Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah. He is an important figure in Islam as he was a member of the Bayṫ (Arabic: بَـيـت, Household) of Muhammad, and Ahl al-Kisā’ (Arabic: أَهـل الـكِـسَـاء, People of the Cloak), as well as being the third Shia Imam.