Umar 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.
Umar ibn Ali عُمَر بن عَلیّ بن اَبی طالِب | |
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| Died | 10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD |
| Cause of death | Killed in the Battle of Karbala |
| Resting place | Karbala, Iraq |
| Religion | Islam |
| Known for | Being a companion of Husayn ibn Ali |
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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 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 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
- Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Basri (2013). Al-tabaqat Al-kubra. Vol. 3. Al Manhal. p. 14.
- َAli ibn Muhammad Alavi Amrī. al-Majdī fī ansāb al-ṭālibīn. p. 7.
- Al-Sayyid Ahmad b. 'Ali b. Husayn al-Husayni. Umdat al-talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib. p. 362.
- 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.
- al-Fakhr al-Razi (1998). Al-Shajarat al-mubāraka fī ansāb al-Ṭālibīyya. Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi Library. p. 189.
- al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarizmi (1997). Maqtal al-Husayn. Vol. 2. Anwar al-Huda. pp. 28–29.