As the 19th of Ramaḍān has once again come, the night on which ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) was fatally struck, it would be of benefit to share some details about his close companions, and in this particular case Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr (d. 38/658). Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr, as his name identifies, wasContinue reading “Companions of ‘Ali Series: Muhammad b. Abi Bakr, the Governor of Egypt”