Jump to content

Timeline of Ali's life

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • 17 March 599 coincided with Thirteenth of Rajab, 24 BH: Birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Ka'ba, in the city of Mecca.
  • 610: Ali converted to Islam soon before the first revelation of the Quran.
  • 613: Yawm al-Inzar: Muhammad invited the Banu Hashim to Islam; Ali alone accepted his call.
  • 617- 619: Meccan boycott of the Hashemites[1]
  • 619:Year of Sorrow:Death of Abu Talib, Ali's father.[1]
  • September 622: Laylat al-mabit: Ali risked his life by sleeping in Muhammad's bed to impersonate him and thwart an assassination plot, so that Muhammad could escape from Mecca in safety and migrate to Medina.[1]
  • 622: Ali migrated with his wife, Fatima Zahra and Umm Kulthum bint Ali, and another women.
  • 622 or 623:The prophet chose him as his brother.[2]
  • 623: Ali married with Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter.[3]
  • 624
    • March 17: Battle of Badr: Ali first distinguished himself as a warrior and killed about 20 to 22 pagans.
    • Expulsion of the Bani Qainuqa Jews from Medina.[1]
  • 625:
    • Birth of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam.
    • Battle of Uhud: Ali destroyed the standard bearers and when the army of Islam was defeated and most of the Muslims had fled Ali was one of the few Muslims who defended Muhammad.
    • Expulsion of Banu Nadir Jews from Medina.[1]
  • 626:
  • 627
  • 628
  • 629
  • 630
  • 631
  • 632
  • 644: Umar, the second Rashidun caliph, was assassinated. Ali was one of the electoral council to choose the third caliph
  • 648: Birth of Al-Abbas ibn Ali
  • 656:
  • 657:Ali shifted the capital of Rashidun empire from Medina to Kufa in Iraq.[1]
  • May–July 657: Battle of Siffin[4]
  • 658:
  • 659:
  • 660:
  • 28 January 661 coincided with Twenty-first of Ramadan: Ali dead in Kufa and buried in Najaf two days after he was struck by Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam in the Great Mosque of Kufa.
  • See also

    [edit]

    Notes

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Ashraf (2005), pp.300-302
    2. ^ "Ali ibn Abitalib". Encyclopedia Iranica. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
    3. ^ Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. "Ali". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
    4. ^ a b c d e Lewis (1991), p.215

    References

    [edit]
    • Ashraf, Shahid (2005). Encyclopedia of Holy Prophet and Companions. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 81-261-1940-3.