Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of ali ibn abi talib 's sons”. Today it says “smaller than muhammad ibn al-hanafiyya”. "martyr" appeared 2 times in the opening in 2020. Today: absent from the opening.
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Son of Ali ibn Abi Talib Muḥammad al-Aṣghar ibn ʿAlī ( Arabic : محمد الأصغر بن علي) is one of Ali 's sons. There are different mentions about who his mother's name is, such as Layla bint Mas'ud, Umama bint Abi al-As , Warha' and Asma bint Umais . Although some sources have not mentioned about his attendance in (the battle of) Karbala , and are actually in doubt about that, there are many sources which consider him among the martyrs of Karbala; and his name is available as martyr in both Shia and Sunni sources. He was among the children of Ali and was called Muhammad al-Asghar and was smaller than Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya . Muhammad ibn Ali had a hard war with his brother's (Husayn) enemies, and killed many of Kufa's army. Eventually, a man from Bani Aban ibn Darim killed him. The name of Muhammad ibn Ali is available in Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa , and has been addressed and greeted of Muhammad al-Mahdi .
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Muhammad Asghar ibn Ali (briefly: Muhammad ibn Ali) is one of Ali ibn Abi Talib 's sons. There are different mentions about who his mother's name is, such as Amamah, Varha'. and Asma Bint Amis. Although some sources have not mentioned about his attendance in (the battle of) Karbala , and are actually in doubt about that, there are many sources which consider him among the martyrs of Karbala; and his name is available as martyr in both Shia and Sunni sources. Mohammad Hanfiyah was his older brother, and Hasanain ( Hassan and Hussain ), Abbas, Othman, Abdullah and Jafar were all his half-brothers. Muhammad ibn Ali had a hard war with his brother's (Hussain) enemies, and killed many of Kufa army. Eventually, a man from Bani Aban ibn Daram killed him. The name of Muhammad ibn Ali is available in Ziyarah Nahiah Moqaddasah, and has been addressed and greeted of Mahdi .
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Muḥammad al-Aṣghar ibn ʿAlī ( Arabic : محمد الأصغر بن علي) is one of Ali 's sons.There are different mentions about who his mother's name is, such as Layla bint Mas'ud, Umama bint Abi al-As , Warha' and Asma bint Umais . Although some sources have not mentioned about his attendance in (the battle of) Karbala , and are actually in doubt about that, there are many sources which consider him among the martyrs of Karbala; and his name is available as martyr in both Shia and Sunni sources. He was among the children of Ali and was called Muhammad al-Asghar and was smaller than Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya .Muhammad ibn Ali had a hard war with his brother's (Husayn) enemies, and killed many of Kufa army.Eventually, a man from Bani Aban ibn Darim killed him.The name of Muhammad ibn Ali is available in Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa , and has been addressed and greeted of Muhammad al-Mahdi .
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one of ali ibn abi talib 's sons
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smaller than muhammad ibn al-hanafiyya
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