Ali al-Asghar

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Ali al-Asghar is the infant son of Husayn ibn Ali who is revered in Shia Islam as a symbol of innocence and martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala.

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Ali al-Asghar canonical 1
Ali the younger 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child of Husayn ibn Ali
historical religious figure
martyr
ageAtDeath infant
associatedEvent Battle of Karbala
associatedWith Ahl al-Bayt
Husayn ibn Ali
birthPlace Medina
burialPlace Karbala
buriedNear Husayn ibn Ali
commemoratedOn 6th of Muharram (some Shia traditions)
Ashura
deathCause killed by arrow
deathEvent Battle of Karbala
deathPlace Karbala
family Banu Hashim
father Husayn ibn Ali
gender male
grandfather Ali ibn Abi Talib
grandmother Fatimah bint Muhammad
greatGrandfather Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam
hasTitleInDevotion the six-month-old martyr
the youngest martyr of Karbala
honorificTitle Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn
iconography depicted as an infant in arms of Husayn ibn Ali
languageOfName Arabic
liturgicalStatus figure of lamentation in Shia mourning rituals
mother Rabab bint Imra al-Qays
nameMeaning Ali the younger
linked to: Ali al-Asghar
notableFor martyrdom at Karbala
religion Islam
religiousTradition Shia Islam
rememberedFor being killed while in his father’s arms
rememberedIn Maqtal literature
Shia elegiac poetry
ritualCommemoration Majlis of Ali al-Asghar
reenactments in Muharram processions
roleInNarrative youngest martyr of Karbala
symbolOf innocence
martyrdom
oppression
veneratedIn Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia

other Shia branches

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Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn epithet Ali al-Asghar
Ali al-Asghar nameMeaning Ali the younger
linked to: Ali al-Asghar