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=== Spouses and Children ===
=== Spouses and Children ===
{{main|Marriage of Imam Ali (a) and Lady Fatima (a)}}
{{main|Marriage of Imam Ali (a) and Lady Fatima (a)}}
The first wife of 'Ali (a) was [[Fatima (a)]], the daughter of the [[Prophet (s)]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 5</ref> Before 'Ali (a), a few others like [[Abu Bakr]], [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] and [['Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf]], had voiced their readiness to marry her. However, the Prophet (s) had told them that he was waiting for the divine [[revelation]] with regards to her marriage and gave them a negative answer.<ref>Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 43, p. 125</ref>
The first wife of 'Ali (a) was [[Fatima (a)]], the daughter of the [[Prophet (s)]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 5</ref> Before 'Ali (a), a few others like [[Abu Bakr]], [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] and [['Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf]], had voiced their readiness to marry her. However, the Prophet (s) had told them that he was waiting for the divine [[revelation]] with regards to her marriage and gave them a negative answer.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 43, p. 125; Ṭabarānī, ''al-Muʿjam al-kabīr'', vol. 4, p. 34.</ref>


Historians disagree on the date of the [[marriage of 'Ali (a) and Fatima (a)]]. Some have mentioned that it was on [[Dhu l-Hijja 1]], [[2]]/[[May 25]], [[624 CE|624]].<ref>Mufīd, ''Masar al-Shi'a'', p. 17</ref> Others have mentioned that it was in [[Shawwal]] or on [[Muharram 21]].<ref>Al-Sayyid b. Tawus, ''Farhat al-ghari'', p. 584</ref> Together, they had five children named [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)|al-Hasan]], [[Imam al-Husayn (a)|al-Husayn]], [[[Zaynab al-Kubra|Zaynab]] and [[Umm Kulthum bt. 'Ali|Umm Kulthum]] and also [al-Muhsin b. 'Ali (a)|al-Muhsin]], who was aborted before his birth.
Historians disagree on the date of the [[marriage of 'Ali (a) and Fatima (a)]]. Some have mentioned that it was on [[Dhu l-Hijja 1]], [[2]]/[[May 25]], [[624 CE|624]].<ref>Mufīd, ''Masār al-Shīʿa'', p. 17.</ref> Others have mentioned that it was in [[Shawwal]] or on [[Muharram 21]].<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Farḥat al-ghāri'', 584.</ref> Together, they had five children named [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)|al-Hasan]], [[Imam al-Husayn (a)|al-Husayn]], [[[Zaynab al-Kubra|Zaynab]] and [[Umm Kulthum bt. 'Ali|Umm Kulthum]]<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Ithbāt al-waṣīyya'', p. 153.</ref> and also [al-Muhsin b. 'Ali (a)|al-Muhsin]], who was aborted before his birth.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 354-355; Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Alī b. Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 3, p. 133; Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 3, p. 213..</ref>


====Other wives====
====Other wives====
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* Umm Sa'id, the daughter of 'Urwat b. Mas'ud al-Thaqafi
* Umm Sa'id, the daughter of 'Urwat b. Mas'ud al-Thaqafi


* Muhayyat, the daughter of Imru' al-Qays b. 'Adi al-Kalbi.<ref>Riyshahri, Muhammad. ''Mawsu'at al-Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib'', vol. 1, p. 108</ref>
* Muhayyat, the daughter of Imru' al-Qays b. 'Adi al-Kalbi.<ref>Muḥammadī Riyshahrī, ''Dānishnāmah-yi Amīr al-Muʾminīn'', vol. 1, p. 108.</ref>
====Children ====
====Children ====
[[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] has narrated that 'Ali (a) had 27 children. He also mentions that some Shi'a scholars have mentioned an additional child to the children of Fatima (a) whom the Prophet (s) had named al-Muhsin (mentioned above) before she gave birth to him.<ref>Al-Ya'qubi. ''al-Tarikh al-Ya'qubi'', vol. 2, p. 139</ref>. However, he was miscarried after the Prophet (s) passed away. Including him, 'Ali (a) had 28 children:
[[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] has narrated that Ali (a) had 27 children. He also mentions that some Shi'a scholars have mentioned an additional child to the children of Fatima (a) whom the Prophet (s) had named al-Muhsin (mentioned above), Including him, 'Ali (a) had 28 children<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', 1428 AH, p. 270-271.</ref>:


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