`Alis father Abu Talib was the custodian of the Ka`bah and a sheikh of the Bani Hashim, an important branch of the powerful Quraysh tribe. He was also an uncle of Muhammad. `Alis mother, Fatima bint Asad, also belonged to Banu Hashim, making Ali a descendant of Isma`il Ishmael, the son of Ibrahim (Abraham). `Ali was born inside the Kaaba in the city of Mecca, where he stayed with his mother for three days. According to a tradition, Muhammad was the first person whom Ali saw as he took the newborn in his hands. Muhammad named him Ali, meaning the exalted one.[1][20] Muhammad had a close relationship with Alis parents. When Muhammad was orphaned and later lost his grandfather Abdul Muttalib, Alis father took him into his house.[1] Ali was born two or three years after Muhammad married Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.[21] When Ali was five or six years old, a famine occurred in and around Mecca, affecting the economic conditions of Alis father, who had a large family to support. Muhammad took Ali into his home to raise him
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