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Imam Hossein

Husayn ibn Ali
Imam of Muslims
Imam Husayn Shrine by Tasnimnews 01.jpg
Native name الحسين ابن علي
Born (625-10-10)10 October 625
(3 Sha'aban AH 4)
Medinah, Hijaz
Died 10 October 680(680-10-10) (aged 55)
(10 Muharram AH 61)
Karbala, Umayyad section of Mesopotamia
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 / 32.61639; 44.0323028
Residence Medinah, Hejaz
Known for being a grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, the Battle of Karbala, Shi‘ite Imam
Title
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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Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali

Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī

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
Venerated in All Islam (Salafis honour rather than venerate him).
Major shrine Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq

Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali

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.


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