17 March 599 coincided with Thirteenth of Rajab, 24 BH: Birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Ka'ba, in the city of Mecca. 610: Ali converted to Islam soon before the first revelation of the Quran. 613: Yawm al-Inzar: Muhammad invited the Banu Hashim to Islam; Ali alone accepted his call. 617- 619: Meccan boycott of the Hashemites[1] 619:Year of Sorrow:Death of Abu Talib, Ali's father.[1] September 622: Laylat al-mabit: Ali risked his life by sleeping in Muhammad's bed to impersonate him and thwart an assassination plot, so that Muhammad could escape from Mecca in safety and migrate to Medina.[1] 622: Ali migrated with his wife, Fatima Zahra and Umm Kulthum bint Ali, and another women. 622 or 623:The prophet chose him as his brother.[2] 623: Ali married with Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter.[3] 624 - March 17: Battle of Badr: Ali first distinguished himself as a warrior and killed about 20 to 22 pagans.
- Expulsion of the Bani Qainuqa Jews from Medina.[1]
625: - Birth of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam.
- Battle of Uhud: Ali destroyed the standard bearers and when the army of Islam was defeated and most of the Muslims had fled Ali was one of the few Muslims who defended Muhammad.
- Expulsion of Banu Nadir Jews from Medina.[1]
626: 627 628 629 630 631 632 644: Umar, the second Rashidun caliph, was assassinated. Ali was one of the electoral council to choose the third caliph 648: Birth of Al-Abbas ibn Ali 656: 657:Ali shifted the capital of Rashidun empire from Medina to Kufa in Iraq.[1] May–July 657: Battle of Siffin[4] 658: 659: 660: 28 January 661 coincided with Twenty-first of Ramadan: Ali dead in Kufa and buried in Najaf two days after he was struck by Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam in the Great Mosque of Kufa. See also
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References
- Ashraf, Shahid (2005). Encyclopedia of Holy Prophet and Companions. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 81-261-1940-3.