Abbas ibn Ali

Al - Abbas ibn Ali (. Arabic العباس بن علي, DMG al - ʿ Abbās ʿ Alī b; born May 15, 647; † October 10 680 at Karbala ) was a Shiite martyrs.

He was the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima bint Hizam al - Kilabiyya (also known as Umm al - Banin, mother of the sons '). He had three brothers, Abdullah ibn Ali, Ali ibn Dascha ʿ far, and ʿ Uthman ibn Ali.

In the battle of Karbala, he was one of the few that Husain ibn Ali his half-brother remained loyal and were killed fighting on its side. For this loyalty, he is revered by the Shia as a martyr.

Shia legends that tell about his life, emphasize its existing from birth special loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali, and that he alongside his father Ali ibn Abi Talib and his half-brother Husayn ibn Ali, from whom he learned the martial art of the strongest was fighter of all time.

At the point in Karbala in Iraq, where he should have been dead and buried, today is the al - Abbas Mosque. This, together with the nearby Parco Imam Husayn Shrine, a major goal of many Shiite pilgrims, especially the Shiite passion play on the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala.

• Martyr
• Shiites
• Arab
• Born 647
• Died 680
• Man