Non-Muslim View of Ali

Family

Father Abu Talib
Mother Fatima bint Asad
Brother(s) • Ja`far
• Aqeel
• Talib ibn Abu Talib
Sister(s) • Fakhitah
• Jumanah
Spouse(s) • Fatimah
• Umamah bint Zainab
• Umm ul-Banin
• Leila bint Masoud
• Khawlah bint Ja'far
• Al Sahba'bint Rabi'ah
Son(s) • Muhsin
• Hasan
• Husayn
• Hilal
• Al-Abbas
• Abdullah
• Jafar
• Uthman
• Ubaid Allah bin Ali
• Abi Bakr bin Ali
• Muhammad
• Umar bin Ali
Daughter(s) • Zaynab
• Umm Kulthum
Genealogy Family tree of Ali
Descendants Sayyid Reign

656–661

Views
• Sunni view of Ali • Shi'a view of Ali • Non-Muslim view of Ali
Life

Marital life - Birthplace - First Fitna - Timeline of Ali's life - Hadith of the pond of Khumm

Legacy

Nahj al-Balagha - Qalam-e-Mowla - Zulfiqar - Imam Ali Mosque - Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim

Perspectives

Ali the Warrior - Ali as Caliph - The Fourteen Infallibles - Imam (The Twelve Imams) - Ali in the Qur'an

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Some non-Muslim scholars reject all hadith as fabrications, which colors their views. Others, like Wilferd Madelung, accept the hadith literature. A few of them, like Lammens, hold a negative view of Ali. Madelung criticizes this school of thought and, like many other non-Muslim Islamic scholars, praised Ali.

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