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Abbas ibn Ali: The Moon of Bani Hashim

Abbas ibn Ali was born on the 4th of Sha'ban and died on October 10, 680 at age 33. He was the son of Imam Ali and the half-brother of Imam Hussein. Abbas is well known for his courage and bravery in the Battle of Karbala, where he was martyred while providing water to the thirsty children of Imam Hussein. Abbas had five sons and two daughters and held several titles related to his loyalty, strength, and role in supporting Imam Hussein during the events at Karbala.

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Abbas ibn Ali: The Moon of Bani Hashim

Abbas ibn Ali was born on the 4th of Sha'ban and died on October 10, 680 at age 33. He was the son of Imam Ali and the half-brother of Imam Hussein. Abbas is well known for his courage and bravery in the Battle of Karbala, where he was martyred while providing water to the thirsty children of Imam Hussein. Abbas had five sons and two daughters and held several titles related to his loyalty, strength, and role in supporting Imam Hussein during the events at Karbala.

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Biography of Abbas ibn Ali

Hazret Abbas ibn Ali also known as Qamar Bani Hashim was born on the 4th of
sha’ban and died on October 10, 680 age 33. One of his titles is the moon of
Bani Hashim. He was the son of imam Ali the 1st imam and the son of Umm Ul-
banin. He also has a half-brother imam Husain. Hazret Abbas is buried in the
shrine of Abbas in Karbala. He was well known for his courage, strength and
bravery. And Karbala was the place he was martyred in the battle of Karbala on
the Day of Ashura.
He has many titles such as: The provider of water, king of loyalty, door to
Hussein, strength of Hussein and the owner of the skin and water. Abbas has 5
sons: Ubaidullah, Fadhl, Hassan, Qasim and Mohammed also he had 2
daughters. Also, he was killed by one of Yazid’s men in the battle of Karbala.
Al-’Abbas, was the first child of Umm-ul-Banin. With his birth, Medina shone
and the whole world glittered. Waves of pleasures flowed in the family of ‘Ali
(a), for the birth of their magnificent moon that would enlighten this world
with his merits, and would add immortal glory to the numerous glories of the
Hashemites.
As soon as Imam ‘Ali (a) was given the good news of the birth of this blessed
child, he hurried to take him, kiss him frequently, and hold the Shariite
ceremonies of new-borns. The Imam (a) recited the azan1 in his new-born’s
right ear and recited the iqama2 in the left. Hence, the first voice that
penetrated this great new-born’s hearing was his father’s, stating:
Allah Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)
La ilaha illa (A)llah (There is no god but Allah)
These great words, which are the message of all prophets and the melody of
the God-fearing, found a ground in the inner self of al-’Abbas. These words
later on became the most significant element of his personality. In his future,
he would adopt the calling to the true application of these words for which he
would lose all his limbs.
On the seventh day of birth, Imam ‘Ali (a) shaved the newborn’s hair and gave
golden and silver alms as weighty as the cut hair. As he had done for al-Hasan
and al-Hussain, Imam ‘Ali (a) slaughtered a ram as offering to God on behalf of
his baby. These practices are adopted from the Prophet (S) whose words,
practices, and confirmations are regarded as authoritative, together with the
holy Koran, for Muslims.

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