1. Names, Lineage, Attributes and Family

1.1. Names and titles 1.1.1. Name and lineage %e full name and lineage of 'Ali (&) was 'Ali ibn Abi T%b ('Abd Man%) ' ibn 'Abdul-Mudib, who was called Shaybah al-qamd2 ibn Hhhim ibn 'Abd Manif ibn Qnvayy ibn Kilib ibn Lu'ayy ibn Gb2lib ibn Fihr ibn Milk ibn an-Nab ibn Kinkah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Madrakah ibn nyis ibn Mudar ibn Nizir ibn Ma'd ibn 'Adn211.~ He was the paternal cousin of the Messenger of Allah (B) and s h a d a grandfather with him in 'Abdul-Muytalib ibn Hkhim. His father was Abu T%b, the full brother of Abdullah, the father of the Prophet (g). 'Ali's name at birth was Asad, he was given this name by his mother (%), who named him after her father Asad ibn Hkhim. This is referred to in the lines of verse that 'Ali composed on the day of Khaybar, when be said: "I am the one whose mother named him ~ a ~ d a r a h ~ , like a lion of the jungle, frightful to beh~ld."~ Abu Tilib was not present when 'Ali was born. When he returned, he did not like this name, and be called the child ' ~ l i . ~ 'Ali ibn Abi Tilib in Makkah The kunyab of 'Ali (&) was Abu al-Hasan, after his oldest son al-Hasan, who was one of the children of his wife Fztimah (&&,), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (g). He was also knowdby the kunyab Abu Turib, which was given to him by the Prophet (s), and he was always happy to be addressed by it.