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Birth of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam. Expedition of Banu Mustaliq. [1] 627 Battle of the Trench: Ali ibn Abi Talib triumphed in combat over Arabs' hero, Amr ibn Wodd, and killed him. [1] Killing and enslavement of Banu Quraiza. [1] 628 Treaty of Hudaybiyyah [1] Battle of Khaybar: Ali was the standard-bearer and conqueror of the Khaybar ...
Ali was born to Abu Talib and his wife Fatima bint Asad around 600 CE, [1] some thirty years after the Year of the Elephant. [2] Shia and some Sunni sources report that Ali was the only person born in the Ka'ba , the ancient shrine in the city of Mecca which later became the most sacred site in Islam .
Ali was born in Mecca to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and his wife Fatima bint Asad around 600 CE. [2] His date of birth is possibly 13 Rajab, [3] [4] which is the occasion celebrated annually by Shia Muslims. [5] Ali may have been the only person born inside the Ka'ba, [4] [3] [2] the holiest site of Islam, which is located in Mecca
[a] According to some traditions, the Kaaba's wall split open in order for Fatima to go in the house and give birth to her son, Ali. After Muhammad's wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Fatima bint Asad was the second woman who entered the fold of Islam. Ali ibn Abi Talib was given the name of Haydar, meaning lion, by his mother.
Al-Kazim was leader of the Shia community during the schism between the Ismaili and other branches of Islam after the death of the previous Imam Jafar al-Sadiq. [49] He established a network of agents who collected the khums in the Shia community of the Middle East and the Greater Khorasan .
Ali himself succeeded to the caliphate in 656 but his rule was immediately challenged by multiple pretenders and he was assassinated in 661. In Shia belief, Ali inherited Muhammad's political and religious authority, even before his ascension to the caliphate in 656. In Shia theology, Ali also inherited the esoteric knowledge of Muhammad.
Before his death, Ali requested either a meticulous application of lex talionis to Ibn Muljim or his pardon, and he was later executed by Hasan, the eldest son of Ali. By most accounts, also involved in the assassination was al-Ash'ath ibn Qays , the influential Kufan tribal leader whose loyalty to Ali is often questioned in the early sources.
Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Jaber Al-Saeedi (Arabic: علي بن عبد الله بن صالح علي جابر) was the Imam of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca [2] and Lecturer of comparative jurisprudence in department of Islamic studies at King Abdulaziz University Jeddah. [3] [4] He was known for his unique and melodic Quran recitation. [5]