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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>
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, ''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>
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>


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