• Yawm al-Khamīs 21 Ramadan A.H. 40
• Thursday 28 January A.D. 661
• Yom Chamishi 22 Shevat A.M. 4421 |
The assassination of 'Alí by Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, a Kharijite, in Kufa, who slashed him with a poisoned sword while he was praying. 'Alí is buried at the Imám Alí Mosque in Najaf, Iraq.
'Alí, the first Imám, the
rightful successor of Muḥammad;
also the fourth Caliph. Cousin
of Muḥammad and husband of Fáṭimih, he is known
by titles including the Commander of the Faithful, the Lion of God, and the Lord of
Saintship. Saint and warrior, brilliant writer and administrator, He was killed at
Kufa by Ibn-i-Muljam (A.D. 661). Amír-'Alí states: "Alí was [chivalry's]
beau-idéal an impersonation of gallantry, of bravery, of generosity;
pure, gentle, and learned, 'without fear and without reproach,' he set the world the
noblest example of chivalrous grandeur of character." (The Spirit of Islam,
254). |