About
The Prophet's ﷺ cousin, raised in his household as a boy and among the very first to accept Islam. On the night of the Hijra he slept in the Prophet's ﷺ bed. He married Fāṭima and was the father of al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn. He carried the standard at Khaybar, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'You are to me as Hārūn was to Mūsā, except that there is no prophet after me' (Bukhārī). He later led the Muslim community.
The name
'High, exalted', from the Arabic root ʿ-l-w.
Abū Turāb — father of dust, a name the Prophet ﷺ gave him (Bukhārī)
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ hadith
Relationships
FatherHis father, the Prophet's ﷺ uncle and protector
CousinHis cousin, in whose house he was raised
WifeHis wife, the Prophet's ﷺ daughter
SonHis elder son
SonHis younger son
BrotherHis elder brother, killed at Muʾta