Abu Bakr ibn Ali
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: أبو بكر بن علي) was reportedly the son of Ali and Layla bint Mas'ud.[1] He was among companions of Husayn who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala.
Abu Bakr ibn Ali
أبو بكر بن علي
أبو بكر بن علي
658 AD / 38 AH
10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
Killed in the Battle of Karbala
- Ali (father)
- Layla bint Mas'ud (mother)
Being a companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali
Lineage[edit]
It is stated that Abu Bakr was the first of Ali ibn Abi Talib's children who fought in the battlefield on the Day of Ashura to support his brother, Husayn ibn Ali. According to sources, his name was Abd Allah, Ubayd Allah or Muhammad. His teknonym was Abu Bakr.[2] According to the Sunni scholar Ibn Qutaybah, his mother was Layla bint Mas'ud, the daughter of Mas'ud al-Nahshali and his father was Ali ibn Abi Talib.[3]