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unusual facts about Ali ibn Abi Talib



Eski Yurt

It was a large Muslim cemetery whose main object was the "maqam" (symbolical tomb) of Malik al-Ashtar en-Nahai (618-658), a companion of khalif Ali Ibn Abi Talib (618-657), actually buried in Cairo, Egypt.

Family tree of Shaiba ibn Hashim

Shaiba ibn Hashim was the grandfather of Prophet Muhammad, who was the cousin and father-in-law of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth and last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs according to Sunni Muslims and the first Imam according to Shia Muslims.

Religion in Iraq

Similarly, Najaf is renowned as the site of the tomb of Alī ibn Abī Tālib (also known as "Imām Alī"), whom the Shia consider to be the righteous caliph and first imām.


see also

Ashtar

Malik al-Ashtar (c. 637-658), in Arabic history, a companion of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of Muhammad, and commander in some battles

Four Friends

"The Four Friends", a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the Rashidun, the first four Caliphs (namely Abu Bakr, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan and Ali ibn Abi Talib)