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'''Husayn ibn Ali''' (Arabic: ٱلْحُسَيْنُ ٱبْنُ عَلِيٍّ‎, <small>romanized:</small> ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī''; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima), as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third Imam in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad. Husayn is a prominent member of the Ahl al-Bayt and is also considered to be a member of the Ahl al-Kisa and a participant in the event of the ''mubahala''. Muhammad described him and his brother, Hasan, as the leaders of the youth of paradise.
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