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Who was Ali ibn Abi Talib?

من كان علي بن أبي طالب؟

Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) was the fourth caliph, cousin of the Prophet ﷺ and husband of Fatima. He was the first of the children to embrace Islam. His rule was consumed by civil strife until he was assassinated in 661.

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Ali ibn Abi Talib was the fourth caliph, cousin of the Prophet and husband of Fatima. He was the first child to embrace Islam. His rule was occupied with strife until he was assassinated in 661. 1

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.