📰 Biography

❓ Before Accepting Islam

He was a cousin of the prophet who had been taken into the prophet’s household to alleviate the financial burden on his family;
He was one of the first Muslims.
- Early convert – accepted Islam at 10 years old.
- One day he saw his cousin and his wife put their foreheads on the ground.
  - Ali looked at them amazingly, ever before had he seen anybody saying prayers in this style.
  - When the prayer was over, Ali asked his cousin about this strange act.
  - He explained: "We were worshipping Allah, the One," the Prophet said, "I advise you to do the same and never bend your head before Lat, Uzza or any other idol."
  - The next morning Ali accepted Islam.

Ali was the first cousin of the Holy Prophet and so belonged to the Banu Hashim.
'Ali was brought up by the Prophet and Khadija.
- Ali got the special opportunity of living in the company of the Prophet and so developed great love for him since his childhood.
Ali was brave and literate and was a very intelligent youth of Makkah.
When the prophet openly invited the Hashimites to come to Islam, only Ali stepped forward to help him;
- For this , The Prophet declared ‘Ali his brother and vice-regent;
- This caused ridicule amongst Qur’aysh who laughed at the thought of elders obeying ‘Ali;
Ali demonstrated utmost courage and boldness by sleeping in the bed of the Prophet on the night before migration to Medina, and also helped and returned valuables which people had left with the Prophet, and then met Prophet and Abu Bakr at Quba
He married Fatima soon after the Muslims arrived in Medina and became the Prophet's son-in-law.
- Hassan and Hussain were born from this marriage.
A sign of his closeness to the Prophet is that he was paired with the Prophet when the Ansar and Muhajirun were paired as brothers.