Abbas ibn Ali

Abbas ibn Ali Al-Hashmi
Abbas's name in Arabic calligraphy
Born	c. 4 Shaban 26 AH c. 15 May 647 CE Medina, Rashidun Caliphate
Died	10 Muharram 61 AH 10 October 680(680-10-10) (aged 33) Karbala, Umayyad Caliphate
Cause of death	Killed in the Battle of Karbala
Resting place	Al-Abbas Shrine, Karbala, Iraq
Known for	Battle of Karbala
Title	List of titles Abu al-Fadl (أَبُو ٱلْفَضْل) Qamar Bani Hashim (قَمَر بَنِي هَاشِم) (lit. 'moon of the Hashimites') al-Saqqa (ٱلسَّقَىٰ) (lit. 'the water carrier') Abu al-Qirba (أَبُو ٱلْقِرْبَة) (qirba means 'a water-skin') Alam-dar (علمدار) ('lit. 'standard-bearer')
Spouse	Lubaba bint Ubayd Allah ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Children	Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas Qasim ibn Abbas
Parents	Ali Umm al-Banin
Relatives	List of siblings Hasan Husayn Zaynab Umm Kulthum Muhsin Muhammad Ruqayya Abdullah Uthman Ja'far
Family	Ahl al-Bayt

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Perspectives Military career of Ali Ali as Caliph The Fourteen Infallibles Imam (The Twelve Imams) Ali in the Quran
Burial places Imam Ali Shrine Hazrat Ali Mazar
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Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الْعَبَّاس اِبِنْ عَلي اِبِنْ أَبي طَالِبْ, c. 15 May 647 – 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (Arabic: أَبو الْفَضْل, lit. 'father of virtue'), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam in Shia Islam. His mother was Fatima bint Hizam, commonly known as Umm al-Banin (Arabic: أُمّ ٱلْبَنِين, lit. 'mother of the sons'). Abbas fought as the standard-bearer of his half-brother Husayn ibn Ali in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (r. 680–683). He was killed in a desperate attempt to bring water from the Euphrates river to quench the unbearable thirst of the besieged family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abbas is said to have inherited Ali's boldness and bravery, and was praised by Shia imams for his faith and fortitude in defending Husayn. Abbas is regarded by Shia Muslims as an ultimate paragon of courage and self-sacrifice. The shrine of Abbas and the nearby mausoleum of Husayn in Karbala are destinations for pilgrimage.