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  2. Shia view of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Shia view of Ali. Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Ali contributed significantly to Islam in its early years and was likely the first male to accept the teachings of Muhammad. Ali is accorded an almost legendary place in Islam as a paragon of virtues, a fount of wisdom, and a fearless but ...

  3. Assassination of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Ali. Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661) and the first Shia Imam, was assassinated during the morning prayer on 28 January 661 CE, equivalent to 19 Ramadan 40 AH. He died of his wounds about two days after the Kharijite dissident Ibn Muljim struck him over his head with a poison-coated sword at the Great Mosque of Kufa ...

  4. Election of Ali to the caliphate - Wikipedia

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    Ali ibn Abi Talib was acclaimed in 656 CE as the fourth caliph after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Following the 656 assassination of the third caliph Uthman in Medina by provincial rebels who had grievances about injustice and corruption, the prophet's cousin and son-in-law was elected to the caliphate by the rebels, the Ansar (early Medinan Muslims), and the Muhajirun (early ...

  5. Abu Hanifa - Wikipedia

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    Abu Hanifa [a] (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) [5] was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, [3] and eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day. [3]

  6. Imamate and guardianship of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Imamate and guardianship of Ali ibn Abi Talib or Imamate and Wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib refers to the spiritual position of Ali (1st Shia Imam and 4th Caliph of Islam) and his role in teaching the religion truth and establishing Islamic Sharia after Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam. The Caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib from 35 to 40 AH (656-661 ...

  7. Battle of Karbala - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Battle of Karbala (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء, romanized:maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r.680–683) and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ...

  8. Ali in the Quran - Wikipedia

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    Category. Islam portal. v. t. e. Ali in the Quran collects the verses of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, which are said to have been revealed about Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Ali played a pivotal role during the formative years of Islam and is recognized as the fourth Rashidun ...

  9. Sunni view of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Sunni view of Ali. Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Ali contributed significantly to Islam in its early years and was likely the first male to accept the teachings of Muhammad. In Sunni Islam, Ali is recognized as a close companion, a foremost authority on the Quran and Islamic law, and the ...