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Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: أبو بكر بن علي) was reportedly the son of Ali and Layla bint Mas'ud.[1] He was among companions of Husayn who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala.

Abu Bakr ibn Ali
أبو بكر بن علي
Personal
Born658 AD / 38 AH
Kufa, Rashidun Caliphate
Died10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
Karbala, Umayyad Caliphate
Cause of deathKilled in the Battle of Karbala
Resting placeImam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
Parents
  • Ali (father)
  • Layla bint Mas'ud (mother)
Known forBeing a companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali

Lineage

It is stated that Abu Bakr was the first of Ali ibn Abi Talib's children who fought in the battlefield on the Day of Ashura to support his brother, Husayn ibn Ali. According to sources, his name was Abd Allah, Ubayd Allah or Muhammad. His teknonym was Abu Bakr.[2] According to the Sunni scholar Ibn Qutaybah, his mother was Layla bint Mas'ud, the daughter of Mas'ud al-Nahshali and his father was Ali ibn Abi Talib.[3]

In the Battle of Karbala

Abu Bakr ibn Ali was martyred at the Battle of Karbala. There is a hadith from Muhammad al-Baqir according to which a man from the Hamdan tribe martyred him.[citation needed] However, some scholars[who?] hold that Abu Bakr's corpse was found in a creek, and so it is not known who martyred him.[citation needed] According to some sources,[who?] his grave is located in the mass grave of Hashimid martyrs in the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn near his burial place.[4]

Abu Bakr ibn Ali is mentioned in one of Imam al-Husayn ziyarat.[citation needed]

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References

  1. ^ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 3, p. 14; Ibn Qutayba, al-Maʿārif, p. 210; Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, p. 81; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 5, p. 69.
  2. ^ "IBN ATHAM al-KUFI". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  3. ^ Sunni Islamic scholar Ibn Qutaybah (5 January 2016). Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa. Vol. 2. p. 6. ISBN 9789643112592.
  4. ^ Bayhaqī (2000). Al Lubab Fi Tahdhib Al Ansab. Vol. 1. دار الكتب العلمية. p. 399. ISBN 978-2745126832.
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