مولد الامام علي

Today is Imam Ali’s birthday [a] , the first convert to Islam. A brief biography:

Name – Ali
Title – Al-Murtaza, Al-Amir-ul-Mo’mineen, Abu-Turab, Asadullah
Kunyat – Abul Hasan

Born – Friday 13th of Rajab, in the Holy Ka’ba
Father’s Name – Abu Talib-ibne-Abdul Muttalib
Mother’s Name – Fatima bint-e-Asad

Died – at the age of 63 years, at Kufa, on Monday, the 21st Ramadan 40 AH, murdered by an assassin who mortally wounded him with a poisoned sword in the Mosque at Kufa during morning prayers on the 19th of Ramadan.
Buried – Najaf, near Kufa.