Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Ali ibn Abi Talib was one of the first caliphs of Islam. He was a cousin of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, as well as Muhammad's son-in-law. He had several children by Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter, as well as children by other wives. His descendants through Fatima are still revered today, as imams, sharifs and sayyids / syeds.
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[edit] Ali's children
[edit] by Fatima
Sons:
- Hassan
- Hussein, killed at the Battle of Karbala
- Al Muhsin, Fatima's stillborn child
Daughters:
[edit] by Umm Banin
Sons:
- Abbas - said to be the 'right hand' of Husayn ibn Ali.
- Abdullah
- Jafar ibn Ali
- Usman ibn Ali (called Uthman by other sources) - Ali named him after his paternal uncle.
Non-Shi'a sources mention a son called Umar in place of Abdullah.
[edit] by other wives
Sons:
- Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (Muhammad al-Akbar)
- Abdullah
- Abu Bakr
Daughters:
- Ruqaya
- Ramalah
- Nafeesa
- Khadija
- Ummu Hani
- Jamani
- Umama
- Mona
- Salma
While the daughters by Fatima are universally accepted by scholars, this list of daughters by other wives is much disputed.
According to some traditions Ali had thirty-six children: eighteen sons and eighteen daughters.
[edit] Ali's grandchildren
[edit] Through Hassan
- Qasim, killed at Karbala.
- Abdullah ibn Hassan, killed at Karbala.
- Hassan Musna, survived Battle of Karbala.
- Zaid ibn Hassan
- 4 other sons
- 4 daughters
[edit] Through Hussain
Sons:
- Zain-ul-Abideen, regarded as the fourth Imam by Shia Muslims.
- Ali Akbar, killed at Karbala at the age of eighteen or nineteen.
- Ali Asgar, killed at Karbala at the age of six months.
- Jafar ibn Husayn, killed at Karbala.
Daughters:
- Sakina bint Husayn, captured after the Battle of Karbala at the age of four.
- Fatima Kubra bint Husayn, captured after the Battle of Karbala.
- Fatima Sughra bint Husayn, left in madina because of severe illness.
