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ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn رضی اللّٰہ عنہ is Son of Imam Hussain رضی اللّٰہ عنہ.
Ali ibn al-Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and the other survivors were taken to Yazid I in Damascus. He was eventually allowed to return to Medina, where he led a secluded life with a few close companions. He devoted his life to prayer and was regarded as an authority on law and hadith.
Zayn al-Abidin is said to have been poisoned in Medina at the instigation of the reigning Umayyad caliph al-Walid, or his brother, Hisham.