Ali
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656-661) and first Shia Imam · Politicians · Lived 599 to 661 · aged 62
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Something wrong?The cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad whose contested succession after the prophet's death split Islam into Sunni and Shia. One polysemous word - mawla - at Ghadir Khumm in 632 still defines the divide: anointed successor or merely a friend?
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Fâtima et Ibn Abbâs b. Abd Muttalib (Paris, BnF, Supplément Persan 1030 f.516)
Genealogical table of the AlidsIn their own words 10
, The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble.
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety. It is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly.
A moment of patience in the moment of anger prevents thousands of moments of regret.
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Born around 600 to Muhammad's uncle, Ali grew up in the prophet's household and was among the first to accept Islam when persecution in Mecca was severe. After the migration to Medina in 622, he married Muhammad's daughter Fatima and served as secretary, deputy, and flag-bearer. When Muhammad died in 632, Ali was passed over - Abu Bakr took leadership in his absence, then Umar, then Uthman, whose reign Ali criticized for nepotism while mediating between the caliph and angry provincials. Elected caliph after Uthman's assassination in 656, Ali immediately faced revolts: he defeated Muhammad's widow Aisha and two companions at the Battle of the Camel, fought Mu'awiya to a stalemate at Siffin, and crushed the breakaway Kharijites at Nahrawan in 658. A Kharijite assassinated him in 661, clearing the path for Mu'awiya's Umayyad dynasty. His shrine in Najaf draws millions; his words fill the Nahj al-balagha.
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