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Name and Lineage:

• Abu al Hasan Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abdul Manaf ibn Abdul Muttalib
• Mother: Fatimah bint Asad Ibn Haashim ibn Abdul Manaf
• Kunya: Abu al Hasan, Abu al Turab

His Islam:

• Became Muslim at the age of 7 (some say 9, some say 10, some say 15)

His Description:

• Very dark skinned
• Wide eyes
• Farsighted
• Very strong
• Relatively short
• Big abdomen
• Bald (white head)
• Thick body hair, heavy, white beard

His Children:

• 14 sons, 19 daughter
• From Fatimah RA: Al Hasan, Al Husayn, Zaynab al Kubra, Umm Kulthum al Kubra RA
• From Khawlah bint Ja’far: Muhammad al Akbar RA
• From Layla bint Mas’ud: Ubaydullah, Abu Bakr RA
• From Umm al banin bint Hizam ibn Khalid: Al Abbas al Akbar, Uthman, Ja’far, and Abdullah RA
• From a bondmaid: Muhammad al Asghar RA
• From Asma’ bint ‘Umayis: Yahya and Awn RA
• From Sahba (a bondmaid): Umar al Akbar and Ruqayyah RA
• From Umamah bint al As: Muhammad al Awsat RA
• From Umm Sa’id bint ‘Urwah: Umm al Hasan, Ramlah al Kubra RA
• From other wives: Umm Hani, Maymunah, Zaynab al Sughra, Ramlah al Sughra, Umm Kulthum al Sughra, Fatimah, Umamah, Khadijah, Umm al Kiram, Umm Ja’far, Jumanah, Nafisah, and Umm Salamah

His Virtues and Excellence:

• 4th of the Rightly Guided Caliphate
• 1 of the 10 Promised Paradise
• A martyr
• Witnessed all battles (except Tabuk when the Prophet ﷺ told him to stay behind and take care of family)
• Zurr ibn Hubaysh conveyed that Ali RA said: “The Prophet ﷺ made a covenant with me that none would love me but a believer, and none would hate me but a hypocrite.’ Related exclusively by Muslim
• Dhirar ibn Dhumrah said: “Well, by Allah, he was farsighted and very strong. His word was decisive and his judgment was just. Knowledge burst from his sides, and wisdom was uttered from his words. He felt aversion to the worldly life and its pleasure, and he felt at harmony with the night and its darkness. His eye teared a lot and his thinking prolonged, He then would turn his hand to talk to himself. He liked the rough of clothing and harsh food.”

His Death:

• Abdul Rahman ibn Muljim struck him at Kufa on Friday, 13 days before the end of Ramadan (som easy it was 21st night of Ramadan), 40 H
• He died the night before Sunday
• He was bathed by his sons and Abdullah ibn Ja’far
• Al Hasan led his janazah prayer
• He was buried at dawn
• 4 views on his age at death:
  • 63 years
  • 65 years
  • 57 years
  • 58 years

Source: Ranks of the Elite by Imam ibn al Jawzi (Dar as Sunnah Publishers, 1st Edition July 2023)

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