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Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
علي بن أبي طالب ar علی fa
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
- Child of Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and Fatimah bint Asad
- Married to Fatima, Umm ul-Banin, Umama bint Abi al-As and 5 more
- Dated 17 March 599 CE – 661 CE
Overview
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia ImamWikidata record description. Read Ali in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
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656 CE – 27 January 661 CE Rashidun Number 4 in the sequence Succeeded Uthman ibn Affan · Succeeded by Hasan ibn Ali
Family tree
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Family 44
- child of (father) Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca (c.535-c.619)
- child of (mother) Fatimah bint Asad Companion and aunt of Muhammad
- of the house Alids people descended from Ali ibn Abi Talib
- of the house Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe and clan of Muhammad
- parent of (father) Abbas ibn Ali Son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (647-680)
- parent of (child) Abdullah Al-Asghar bin Ali
- parent of (child) Abdullah ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib Son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Umm al-Banin (died 680)
- parent of (child) Abu Bakr ibn Ali son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- parent of (child) Aoun bin Ali
- parent of (child) Fatima bint Ali
- parent of (father) Hasan ibn Ali 5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
- parent of (father) Husayn ibn Ali grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
- parent of (child) Ja'far ibn Ali son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 680)
- parent of (child) Khadija bint Ali daughter of Ali bin Abi Talib
- parent of (child) Maymouna bint Ali
- parent of (child) Muhammad al-Asghar ibn Ali son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- parent of (child) Muhammad al-Awsat ibn Ali son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib
- parent of (father) Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
- parent of (child) Ramla bint Ali
- parent of (child) Ruqayya bint Ali daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- parent of (child) Ubayd Allah ibn Ali ibn Abdullah
- parent of (child) Umama bint Ali daughter of Ali and Fatima (626–682)
- parent of (father) Umar ibn Alí Child of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- parent of (father) Umm Kulthum bint Ali Granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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- parent of (father) Uthman ibn Ali Son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (died 680)
- parent of (child) Yahya ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib Son of Ali Ibn Abi Talib
- parent of (father) Zaynab bint Ali daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682)
- parent of (father) محسنؑ ابنِ علیؑ Mohsinؑ ibn Aliؑ son of Fatimahۜ bint Muhammadﷺ and علیؑ ibn Abi Talibؑ
- sibling of Aqil ibn Abi Talib second of four sons of Abu Talib
- sibling of Asma bint Abi Talib
- sibling of Fakhitah bint Abi Talib Female sahaba
- sibling of Ja'far ibn Abī Tālib Companion (Sahabi) and cousin of Muhammad (c. 590–629)
- sibling of Jumanah bint Abi Talib Sahaba of Muhammad
- sibling of Rayta bint Abi Talib companion and cousin of prophet Muhammad
- sibling of Talib ibn Abi Talib brother of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- sibling of Taliq ibn Abī Ṭālib
- married to Asma bint Umays Companion of Muhammad
- married to Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- married to Fatima daughter of Muhammad (c. 605–632)
- married to Khawla al-Hanafiyya Wife of Ali
- married to Layla bint Mas'ud Wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- married to Umama bint Abi al-As Granddaughter of Muhammad
- married to Umm ul-Banin Ali bin Abi Talib's wife, whom he married after the death of his wife, Fatima Zahra
- married to أم سعيد بنت عروة بن مسعود الثقفي
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