ʿUthmān ibn ʿAlī () was a son of
Ali ibn Abi Talib and
Umm al-Banin
Fāṭima bint Ḥuzām al-Kilābīyya al-ʿAlawīyya (; died 683/684 or 69 A.H. 688/689), better known as ʾUmm al-Banīn ( ar, أُمّ ٱلْبَنِين, meaning "Mother of the Sons"), was a wife of Ali. She was from the tribe of Banu Kil ...
. He fought in the
Battle of Karbala
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, in which he was martyred. Uthman is highly honored by Muslims for his sacrifice. According to some sources Uthman was 21 and had no children when he was martyred.
Uthman and his brothers
Abbas,
Abdullah
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, and
Ja'far accompanied
Husayn ibn Ali in his journey from
Mecca
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to
Kufa
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and were martyred at the
Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ...
. Their graves are in the mausoleum of the collective grave of the martyrs of Karbala in the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali.
Biography
He was son of Ali and Fatima bint Hizam.
[Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 89.] Apparently, 'Uthman did not get married and had no children.
[Madinat Dimashq by ibn `Asakir 45/304] Ali named his son Uthman after
Uthman ibn Maz'un
ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn ( ar, عثمان بن مظعون) was one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Biography
He was married to Khawla bint Hakim, who like himself was one of the earliest converts to Islam. According to I ...
according to shia narration.
[al-Amali al-Ithneeniyyah 1/488]
Uthman's mother, Fatima, was the daughter of Hizam ibn Khalid ibn Rabi'a from the Arab tribe of Banu Kilab. She was the mother of three more sons of Ali, namely
Abbas, Abdullah, and Ja'far, and for this reason she became known as Umm al-Banin.
Martyrdom
Uthman went to the battlefield reciting the following Rajaz: “Verily I am Uthman the possessor of glory, my master is Ali the executor of virtuous deeds, this is Husayn the master of fairness, the master of the young and old”. Khawli ibn Yazid al-Asbahi shot an arrow at Uthman's forehead resulting in him falling off his horse. Then, a man from Banu Darim tribe beheaded him.
Uthman ibn Ali was 21 years old when he was martyred on the day of
Ashura His grave is in the mausoleum of the collective grave of the martyrs of Karbala in the shrine of Husayn.
References
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People killed at the Battle of Karbala
Husayn ibn Ali
Hussainiya
Year of birth unknown
680 deaths
Children of Rashidun caliphs
Children of Ali
Family of Muhammad