Views
Sunnis maintain that Ali was the first male to convert to Islam, when he was 8 years old. He is also revered in many hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad such as the famous hadith: "I am a city of knowledge and Ali is its door" found in the hadith book of Tirmidhi. Ali's son Hussain ibn Ali is also referenced in a hadith from the book of Tirmidhi in which the Prophet Muhammad is quoted saying: "Hussain is from me and I am from Hussain".
Sunnis view Ali as one of the greatest warrior champions of Islam. Examples include taking on the Quraish champion at the Battle of the Trench when nobody else dared. After multiple failed attempts of breaking the fort in the Battle of Khaybar, Ali was summoned, miraculously healed and conquered the fort.
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