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Abu al-Hasan, ʿAli ibn Abi Talib ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn ʿAbd Manaf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilab (born 13th Rajab, 23 years before Hijra - martyred 21st Ramadan, 40 AH), is the first Imam of the Twelve Imams and the second of the Fourteen Infallibles (peace be upon them). From the Sunni perspective, he is the fourth caliph of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. He is considered the second most prominent figure in Islam, after the Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and his Household), and is regarded as the absolute successor and guardian. The belief in his Imamate, succession, and guardianship, along with that of his eleven noble descendants, is a fundamental principle of the Shi ʿa Imamiyya (Twelver Shiʿa)) faith.