13th Rajab :Birth Anniversary of the Commander of Faithful and the Pious Imam Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib [AS]
IMAM ALI MURTAZA Name: Ali Title: Murtaza Agnomen: Abu ' l-Hassan Father's name: Abu Talib ibn 'Abd Muttalib Mother's name: Fatimah bint Asad Birth: In the Holy Ka'bah in Mecca on Friday, 13th Rajab 23 BH Shahadat: Died at the age of 63, in Kufah ( Iraq ) on Monday, 21st Ramadan 40 AH; murdered by an assassin who mortally wounded him with a poisoned sword in the mosque of Kufah during the morning prayer on 19th Ramadan; buried in an-Najaf al-Ashraf ( Iraq ) Imam Ali the cousin of our Holy Prophet. He was born in the Sacred House (Ka'bah). Providence alone had a hand in bringing his mother towards the Ka'bah. When his mother came to Ka'bah, she felt weighed down by intense pain of pregnancy. She knelt down before the Holy Structure and prayed humbly to God. 'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, saw 'Ali's mother praying
