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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. Ali's father was a leading member of the Banu Hashim, a clan within the Meccan tribe of Quraysh. [3] Abu Talib also raised his nephew Muhammad after his parents died.
Ali Ahmed Mullah (born 5 July 1947), is the veteran muazzin (caller for prayer) at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the past four decades. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ali Ahmed Mulla is the longest serving muazzin for the Masjid al-Haram and has been following his family tradition in this profession since 1975.
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]
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 bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, romanized: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī; 1879 – 13 February 1935), was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Ibn Saud in December 1925.
Ali then sent his son Hasan and Ammar ibn Yasir or al-Ashtar himself to rally the support of the Kufans, [2] [140] who met the caliph outside of the town with an army of six to seven thousand men. [2] Ali marched on Basra when his forces were ready, [141] and stationed his army at the nearby al-Zawiya. From there, he sent messengers and letters ...
Yet others, a minority, say that the entire chapter was revealed in Mecca, thus classifying it as a Meccan surah. [ 2 ] Most Shia sources, and some Sunni ones, linked the revelation of the verses 5–22—which discuss "the pious" ( al-abrar ) and the rewards that await them [ 3 ] —to an experience of the family of Ali (Muhammad's son-in-law ...
The Mausoleum of Ali (Persian: مقام علی, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī) or Blue Mosque (مسجد کبود), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a shrine purportedly housing the tomb of Caliph Ali, the first Imam of Shia Muslims (r. 656–661). Many pilgrims annually celebrate Nowruz at the site.