Ali ibn Abi Talib
علي بن أبي طالب
c. 600 CE – January 661 CE · Ramadan 40 AH
Cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the fourth caliph (r. 656–661 CE); the first Imam in Shia tradition.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Caliph
- Tradition
- Sunni · Shia (Twelver)
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
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Place in the story
- Family of the ProphetTradition
- CompanionTradition
- RulertowardRashidun Caliphate · 656 CE · 35 AH† – 661 CE · 41 AH†Historical
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Connections
- Born in
- Mecca
- Participated in
- The HijraAbu Sufyan's mission to MedinaThe three years of the secret callAli's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's familyThe duel at BadrThe Battle of BadrThe Conquest of KhaybarThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The burial of the ProphetThe death of the ProphetThe delegation and mission to HamdanThe delegation of NajranExpedition of al-KudrThe Expedition of Badr al-Maw'idaExpedition of Safwan (First Badr)The Farewell PilgrimageThe proscribed persons on the day of the ConquestGhadir KhummThe pilgrimage led by Abu BakrThe departure night of the HijraThe marriage of Fatima and AliThe proclamation of Bara'a at MinaThe sojourn at QubaThe meeting at SaqifaThe sermon of the Day of Sacrifice at MinaThe Siege and Judgment of Banu QurayzaThe Treaty of HudaybiyyaBattle over the Quraysh standard at UhudMuslim withdrawal to the mountain pass at Uhud
- Child of
- Fatima bint Asad
- Spouse of
- Fatima bint MuhammadUmama bint Abi al-As
- Parent of
- Hasan ibn AliHusayn ibn AliUmm Kulthum bint AliZaynab bint Ali
- Sibling of
- Ja'far ibn Abi TalibUmm Hani' bint Abi Talib
- Member of
- Ahl al-Bayt
People and things also explored
MuhammadThe Prophetic EraMedinaAbu Bakr al-SiddiqMeccaFatima bint MuhammadBanu HashimUmar ibn al-Khattab
Sources
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ali ibn Abi Talib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-abi-talib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.