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713), their fourth imam. His son Zayd ibn Ali was an exception for he led a failed uprising against the Umayyads around 740. [4] The followers of Zayd went on to form the Zaydites, for whom any learned Hasanid or Husaynid who rose against tyranny was qualified as imam. [12]
Ali al-Sajjad was born in Medina, or perhaps in Kufa, in the year 38 AH (658–659 CE). [1] [2] Shia Muslims annually celebrate the fifth of Sha'ban for this occasion. [3] Al-Sajjad was the great-grandson of Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the grandson of the first Shia imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, by the latter's marriage with Muhammad's daughter ...
According to Madelung, Husayn had two sons named Ali. The older one, Ali al-Sajjad who became the fourth Shia Imam later, was 23 years old when his younger brother (Ali al-Akbar) was killed in the Battle of Karbala at the age of 19. Ali al-Akbar was born from Layla, the daughter of
Hasan ibn Ali (Arabic: الْحَسَنِ بْن عَلِيّ, romanized: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; c. 625 – 2 April 670) was an Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as Rashidun caliph from January 661 until August 661.
An act of commemoration for Ali al-Asghar. Abd-Allah was the youngest son of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam. [1] His mother Rubab was the first wife of Husayn and the daughter of Imra' al-Qais ibn Adi, a chief of the Banu Kalb tribe. [2]
Ali al-Hadi was survived by two sons, namely, Ja'far and his older brother Hasan. [ 7 ] [ 93 ] The latter was born in Medina to an umm walad , whose name is variously given in different sources as Hudayth, Susan, or Salil. [ 146 ]
Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: عَلِيُّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب, romanized: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; c. 600–661 CE) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 CE to 661, as well as the first Shia imam.
LISBON (Reuters) -Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, on Wednesday following the unsealing of his father Prince Karim Aga ...