Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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during the caliphate of Mu'iwiyah. In Tareekh al-Bukhari al-A~ghar
it is mentioned with a sound chain that he died at the beginning of
Yazeed's caliphate, before the battle of al-~arrah~', at the age of
ninety-six!'
(c) Ja'far ibn Ahi T%b: Ja'far was one of the earliest Muslims. He
loved the poor and sat in their company, Se~ed them and conversed
with them. He migrated to Abyssinia, where the Negus and those
who followed him became Muslim at his hands. I have discussed him
in my book as-Seerah an-Nabawiyyah: 'Arad Waqi'i' wa Tahleel
Ahdrith (The Prophet's Biography: Events and Analysis). He was
maayred fighting bravely at Mu'tah in greater ~ ~ria.6~
(d) Umm HW bint Abi Tsib: The female paternal cousin of the
Prophet (a). It was said that her name was Fmtah or Fiemah or
Hind, but the frst is better known. She was the wife of Hnbayrah ibn
'Am ibn 'kidh al-Makhzoomi, and she bore him 'Am, from whom
he took his kunyah. At the conquest of Makkah, Umm Hi%' granted
protection to two men from Banu Makhzoom, and the Messenger of
Allah (g) said: "Those to whom you grant protection, we grant
protection, 0 Umm Hhi'." Umm Hhi' narrated hadiths from the
Prophet (g) which are recorded in the six books and elsewhere as
~ell.6~ ~t:~irmidhi and others said that she lived longer than 'Ali
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(e) Jumhah bint Abi Tab: She is also known as Umm Abdullah ibn
Abi Sufyin ibn al-H2rith ibn 'Abdul-Munalib. She was mentioned
by Ibn Sa'd iu his biography of her mother Ficimah bint Asad, in his
chapter on the female paternal cousins of the Prophet (@I. She bore
Abu Sufyk ibn al-Hikith his son Ja'far ibn Abi Sufyh, and the
Messenger of Allah (g) gave her thirty wasqs of dates from
~ha~bar.~"