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Umar ibn Ali

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Umar ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib
عُمَر بن عَلیّ بن اَبی طالِب
Personal life
Died10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
Cause of deathKilled in the Battle of Karbala
Resting placeImam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq
Parents
  • Ali (father)
  • Layla bint Mas'ud (mother)
Known forBeing a companion of Husayn ibn Ali
Religious life
ReligionIslam

Umar ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: عُمَر بن عَلیّ), was reportedly 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. It is said that except him (who was called Umar al-Asghar), Ali had another son called Umar al-Akbar, whose mother was Umm Habib Al-Sahba and was not present in the event of Karbala.

Lineage

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

In the Battle of Karbala

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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. The Sunni jurist Akhtab Khwarazm 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

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  1. ^ Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Basri (2013). Al-tabaqat Al-kubra. Vol. 3. Al Manhal. p. 14. ISBN 978-6057702463.
  2. ^ َAli ibn Muhammad Alavi Amrī (1376). al-Majdī fī ansāb al-ṭālibīn. الأصيلي في أنساب الطالبين. کتابخانه عمومی حضرت آيت الله العظمی مرعشی نجفی (ره). 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 Akhtabb Khwarizm (1997). Maqtal al-Husayn. Vol. 2. Anwar al-Huda. pp. 28–29.