Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Ali was the first Imam of Shia Islam. He was a cousin of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, as well as Muhammad's son-in-law. He had several children by Fatima, Muhammad's daughter, as well as children by other wives. His descendants through Fatima are still revered today as imams, sharifs and sayyids.

Ali's children

By Fatima

Sayyida Fatima Zahra was Muhammad's daughter.

Sons

• Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam; caliph for about six months.^[1]
  • Abdullah Abi Bakr ibn Hasan, died at Karbala 680 AD. His mother's name was Ramla.
  • Talha ibn Hasan. His mother was Umm Ishaq bint Talhah.
  • Qasim ibn Hasan, born 666 AD, died 680 AD at Karbala, no issue. His mother was Umm Qasim ibn Farwah bint Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr .
  • Fatimah bint al-Hasan, married Ali ibn Husayn, child Muhammad al-Baqir.

• Husayn bin Ali the third Shia Imam. Husayn married four wives and had issue:
  • Ali ibn Husayn (by Shahrbanu, daughter of Yazdegerd III) later married his cousin Fatimah bint al-Hasan and had Muhammad al-Baqir.
  • Sukayna bint Husayn (by Rubab bint Imra al-Qais), died in prison in Syria.
  • Abdullah, also known as Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn (by Rubab bint Imra al-Qais), killed, age six months at Karbala.
  • Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn (by Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi), killed at Karbala.
  • Fatimah bint Husayn (by Umm Ishaq bint Talhah, previously the wife of Hasan ibn Ali)

Daughters

• Zaynab bint Ali married her cousin Abdullah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and bore four sons and a daughter:
  • Ali ibn Abdullah
  • Aun ibn Abdullah died at Karbala, 680 C.E., age 13
  • Muhammad ibn Abdullah died at Karbala, 680 C.E., age about 12
  • Abbas ibn Abdullah

• • Umm Kulthum bint Ali married to the second caliph of the Faithful Umar ibn al-Khattab. Of this union, they had two children : a son named Zayd ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (famously Known as Ibnul Khalifatayn; the Son of The Two Caliphs, Umar and Ali) and Ruqayya ibn Omar; later she married her cousin Awn ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and, after his death, his brother Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib.

By Khawlat bint Ja'far

• Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, born 633 C.E.in Medina, died 700 C.E. in Medina, had issue

By Fatima bint Hizam al-Qilabiyya, known as Umm ul-Banin

Sons

• Abbas, died at Karbala, 680 C.E., said to be the 'right hand' of Imam Husayn ibn Ali. Married Lubaba bint Ubaydillah, three sons:
  • al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas, died at Karbala, 680 C.E.
  • Qasim ibn al-Abbas, died at Karbala, 680 C.E.
  • Ubaydullah ibn al-Abbas, still alive after Karbala
• Abdullah ibn Ali, died at Karbala
• Uthman ibn Ali, died 680 C.E. at Karbala, age 21
• Ja'far ibn Ali, died 680 C.E. at Karbala, age 19

By Umama Bint Abul-Aas, daughter of Zaynab bint Muhammad

• Hilal ibn Ali, died in Khurasan, 64 A.H.^[2]
• Awn ibn Ali, died in Khurasan, 64 A.H.^[3]

By other wives

Daughters

• Ruqaya; Ramalah; Nafees; Khadija; Ummu Hani; Jamani; Umama; Mona; Salma^{[citation needed]}

Sons

• Abu Bakr; Al-Akbar; Al-Asghar; Uthman Al-Akbar; Uthman Al-Asghar^{[citation needed]}

While the daughters by Fatima are universally accepted by scholars, this list of daughters by other wives is much disputed. Some other historians have added the name of others of Ali's sons who were killed at Karbala including Ibrahim, Umar, Abdallah ibn al-Asqar.

According to some traditions Ali had thirty-six children: eighteen sons and eighteen daughters.

Later generations of Ali's and Fatimah descendants

The Idrisid and Alaouite dynasties of Morocco are descended from Ali and Fatimah. The descendants of Ali include the Hashemite royal families of Jordan^[4] and Iraq, the Isaaq clan of Somalia and Somaliland, the Husseini family of Lebanon, the Hiraki family of Syria and Egypt, the Alaouite royal family of Morocco and the Ashrafs of the city of Harar. Other prominent descendants include: Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, Muhammad ibn Qasim (al-Alawi), Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (Al-Dibaj), Yahya ibn Umar, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi.

See also

• Family tree of Ali
• Family tree of Muhammad
• Genealogy of Khadijah's daughters
• Syeds

References

1. ^ Tabatabae (1979), page 194
2. ^ http://www.helal.ir/helal/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=69
3. ^ http://www.helal.ir/helal/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=69
4. ^ Family tree of King Abdullah of Jordan