''Live like Ali, die like Hussein'' is a religious slogan used by
Shia Muslims
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...
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referring to the martyrs
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
and his son
Husayn ibn Ali.
Other famous Shia slogans
*There is no hero (some versions replace ''hero'' with ''man'') except Ali; there is no sword except
Zulfiqar
Zulfiqar ( ar, ذُو ٱلْفَقَار, Ḏū-l-Faqār, ), also spelled ''Zu al-Faqar'', ''Zulfikar'', ''Dhu al-Faqar'', ''Dhulfaqar'' or ''Dhulfiqar'', is the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Middle Eastern weapons are commonly inscribed w ...
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This slogan is very famous among Shia; reported to have originated from Muhammad and is widely engraved on weapons, such as swords. The slogan is frequently preceded by a Shia invocation to Ali and is also “central to the
du’a (prayer) of
Isma’ilis, who recite it in one breath together with their declaration of faith in God.”
*Every place is
Karbala; every day is
Ashura - This slogan is often repeated by some Shia.
References
Shia Islam
Slogans
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