Umar ibn Ali

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Umar ibn Ali
عُمَر بن عَلیّ بن اَبی طالِب
Personal
Died10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
Cause of deathKilled in the Battle of Karbala
Resting placeKarbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
Known forBeing a companion of Husayn ibn Ali

Umar ibn Ali (Arabic: عُمَر بن عَلیّ), also known as Umar al-Atraf, was one of the children of Ali ibn Abi Talib who accompanied his brother, Husayn ibn Ali, to Karbala and was killed on the day of Ashura.

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Some sources have mentioned Umar as Umar al-Akbar[1] whose teknonym was Abu Al-Qasim[2][3] or Abu Hafs. Some historical source[who?] reported the name of his mother as Sahba (Umm Habib), daughter of Rabi'a al-Taghlibi.[4] Some others have mentioned her name as Layla bt. Mas'ud al-Darami. Al-Fakhr al-Razi mentioned that Umar was the youngest child of Imam Ali.[5]

In the Battle of Karbala[]

It is reported[by whom?] that Umar made war cries on the Day of Ashura and attacked the enemy. He attacked Zahr, the killer of his brother and killed him. Al-Khwarazmi reported his martyrdom after the martyrdom of his brother Abu Bakr. It is said that first, his horse fell down and then they martyred him.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Basri (2013). Al-tabaqat Al-kubra. Vol. 3. Al Manhal. p. 14.
  2. ^ َAli ibn Muhammad Alavi Amrī. al-Majdī fī ansāb al-ṭālibīn. p. 7.
  3. ^ Al-Sayyid Ahmad b. 'Ali b. Husayn al-Husayni. Umdat al-talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib. p. 362.
  4. ^ Öz, Mustafa (1989). ALİ EVLÂDI(Children of Ali) - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 2. Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 392–393. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ al-Fakhr al-Razi (1998). Al-Shajarat al-mubāraka fī ansāb al-Ṭālibīyya. Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi Library. p. 189.
  6. ^ al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarizmi (1997). Maqtal al-Husayn. Vol. 2. Anwar al-Huda. pp. 28–29.
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