Abu l-Sibtayn
Abū al-Sibṭayn (Arabic: أبوالسِبْطَیْن) is one of the teknonyms of Imam Ali (a).
Since the word "sibt" (Arabic: سبط) means grandson, and Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) and Imam al-Husayn (a) were the Prophet Muhammad's (s) grandsons, each of them is called "Sibt al-Nabi (s)"—that is, grandson of the Prophet (s).[1] When they both are referred to, the word "sibt" is used in a dual form: "sibtayn" (two grandsons). Thus, one of Imam Ali's (a) titles is "Abu al-Sibtayn", that is, the father of two grandsons (of the Prophet (s)).[2]
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- Bayyūmī Mahrān, Muhammad. Al-Imāma wa Ahl al-Bayt (a). Cairo: Dār al-Nahḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1995.
- Ibn Shādhān al-Qummī, Shādhān b. Jabraʾīl. Al-Faḍāʾil. Qom: Raḍī, 1363 Sh.
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Second edition. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH.