Hazrat ali (R) was bron on 20 September 601AD in Makkah.He was the cousin and son in-law of the Prophet of islam.He belonged to the most respectable familyof Quraish,the Banu Hashim. His father Abu Talib was the uncle of Holy Prophet(Sm).Ali's mother was Fatiuah bint Azad. The Holy Prophet took Ali in his childhood from his father and brought him like his son.
Hazrat Ali (R) was the first child to accept Islam.He accepted Islam at the age of ten.Ali was appointed Caliph by the companions of the Muhammad (Sm) in Madina after the assassination of the third Chliph Uthman bin Affan and ruled the Islam Chliphate from 655 to 661.
in 622, the year of Muhammad's (Sm) migration to Madina Ali risked his life by sleeping in Muhammad's (Sm) bed to thwart an assassination plot so that Muhammad (Sm) could escape safely.
Hazrat ali (R) was very close to the Holy prophet (Sm) and this closeness was changed to a permanent relationship when he married his most beloved daughter.Fatimah (R) Hazrat Ali (R) was vary brave.He participated almost all the battles against the non-believers during the time of the Holy Prophet (Sm).Because of his bravery he was popularly called "Asadullah"(The Lion of Allah).He was a great Scholar.The Holy Prophet(Sm) sai about him, "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate".Ali was attacked one morning while praying in tha mosque of Kufa and died tow days after on 27 January 661.
