It is a historical fact that Ali named three of his own children as Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman.

This fact is recorded by the classical Shia scholar, Shaikh Mufid, in Kitab al Irshad!, "". #$% #$&, where these three sons of Ali are listed as numbers '#, $ and '( res"ecti)ely. Al Shia.com e*cer"ts this book and it is )iewable here+ htt"+,,al shia.com,h...shad ',a'(.html htt"+,,rafed.net,boo...ad ',inde*.html Therefore, this is not a matter of debate, since Al Shia.com itself documents how three of Ali-s sons were named Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. .o one, not e)en the most ma/nanimous of "eo"le, names his son after his enemies who were res"onsible for the death of his wife and unborn child. That is why one sim"ly cannot find a Shia today named Abu Bakr, Umar or Uthman. This fact cate/orically re0ects the Shia "aradi/m which is based u"on the false idea that Ali disa""ro)ed of Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. In fact, not only were they not enemies, but rather they were Sahabah 1com"anions2 and friends to each other, so much so that Ali honored them by namin/ his children after them. This shatters the )ery basis of Shi-ism which is centered around the su""osed o""ression of the Ahlel Bayt at the hands of the Sahabah. 3ebuttal of Answerin/ Ansar-s Article .ames of Imam Ali-s sons! The first thin/ that should 0um" out at the reader is that Answerin/ Ansar could not deny that Ali named his sons Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. Instead, Answerin/ Ansar had to e*"lain away this "henomenon by claimin/ that Ali did indeed name three of his sons with these names, but that it had nothin/ to do with his lo)e for the Three 4ali"hs. Answerin/ Ansar claims that Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman were common names like Tom, 3ichard or 5arry today. Therefore, reasons Answerin/ Ansar, it is not sur"risin/ that Ali named his sons with these names. My res"onse to this is sim"le+ if three men named Tom, 3ichard or 5arry came to my house and killed my wife and unborn child, then I don-t think I would e)er name my kids Tom, 3ichard or 5arry. 6hether or not that these are common names, the fact that these three indi)iduals did what they did would be enou/h for me to stay away from these three names. 3e/ardless of the fact that these are common names, there is no chance that a man today would name his children Tom, 3ichard or 5arry after the murderers of his wife,child who had the same e*act names. 7ikewise, the Shia accuse Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman of o""ressin/ his family, killin/ his wife and unborn child8 it is therefore hi/hly unlikely that Ali would then name his children after them. 6hy would a "erson name one of his sons after the man who killed another one of his sons9

:urthermore, if Ali named one of his sons after one of the Three 4ali"hs, then "erha"s we could claim coincidence. But rather, Ali named three of his children after the Three 4ali"hs. Think about it+ if Tom, 3ichard or 5arry came into my home and killed my wife,child, do you think I would then name my children after all three of these indi)iduals9 :ine, if one of my children was named Tom, then we could claim coincidence. But suddenly when it becomes Tom, 3ichard, and 5arry, it 0ust seems like too bi/ a coincidence. Ali had ei/hteen sons, and there are hundreds of names to choose from. 6hy in the world would he "ick three names after the three "eo"le he hated and who o""ressed his family9 Answerin/ Ansar is askin/ us to acce"t a )ery bi/ coincidence. The Shia faith is based around the o""ression of the first Three 4ali"hs and yet here we see that Ali named his sons after them. Answerin/ Ansar would ha)e us belie)e that it is 0ust one bi/ coincidence that Ali named his sons after Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. They say a/ain and a/ain that these are )ery common names and so it is not a bi/ coincidence at all. 6e remind these Shia that Ali named two of his sons Umar and two of his sons Uthman. Surely, this is not random chance, but rather we see that Ali named his sons after "rominent Islamic fi/ures, as many Muslims do today. Maybe one Umar could be a chance, but Ali named two of his sons Umar, and another two he named Uthman, and another one he named Abu Bakr; 7et us look at the namin/ scheme chosen by Ali for his sons+ '. Muhammad ibn al 5anafia #. Muhammad al As/har <. Muhammad il Awsat =. Abbas abul fa>il! ?. Abbas al As/har $. @afar al Akbar A. @afar al Ass/har %. Abdullah il As/har &. Abdullah il Akbar '(. Abdullah Abi Ali! ''. Uthman al As/har '#. Uthman al Akbar '<. Umar al Akbar '=. Umar al As/har. '?. Abu Bakr ibn Ali

'$. Al 5asan 'A. Al 5ussain '%. Awn Is it all coincidence that Ali named the ma0ority of his sons with du"licate names, with names of family and com"anions9 :ourteen of the ei/hteen sons are named in either du"licate or tri"licate. This was not random; It would be an astronomical coincidence. If Ali-s namin/ scheme was random, why can we not find other common names of Arabia9 7ike Bbaid, Cuhayr, Cubayr, Sufyan, Bilal, Amr, Dasir, MiEdad, Abu Fhar, :aris, Abdul 3ahman, Abdul, and any other of the hundreds of namesG Ali named three of his sons after the Hro"het Muhammad. Muhammad is a common name, and is in fact, the most common name amon/st the Muslims. 6ould it be 0ustified then for someone to claim that "erha"s it was another Muhammad after whom Ali was namin/ his sons after9 It is alto/ether too ob)ious that Ali named his sons after the Hro"het and nobody else. 7ookin/ at the names of Ali-s sons, we find that all of the names are those of 5ashimites or "rominent Sahabah 14om"anions2. :or e*am"le, there is the name Abbas which was the name of the Hro"het-s uncle, and then there is @afar the name of Ali-s brother, and the name Abdullah which is the name of the Hro"het-s son. And then we ha)e the name Abu Bakr, two Umars, and two Uthmans. This is surely not a random namin/ "attern, but rather it is )ery deliberate indeed. 7et us look at how astronomical the coincidence is that the Shia are askin/ us to acce"t. Ali had ei/hteen sons. .amin/ one son, randomly, with the name of someone he hates has a likelihood of ha""enin/ ','% times, or a ?.$I chance. Mathematically s"eakin/, we see that the chance that fi)e of his sons would ha)e the name of someone Ali hates is )irtually nil. 1','%2*1','%2*1','%2*1','%2*1','%2 J ',',%%&,?$% J K(.((((('I There is less than one "ercent of a one "ercent chance that the namin/ of his sons was random. If the Shia are still not con)inced and would like to li)e in the fantasy world that this is 0ust a coincidence, then there is nothin/ any rational "erson can do to con)ince them. 6hen we hear the name Abu Bakr, do we sto" and ask which one9! 6hen we hear Umar, do we sto" and ask which one9! 6hen we hear Uthman, do we sto" and ask which one9! 6hen we look into Shia books and read about how su""osedly Ali was o""ressed by Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, do we then Euestion which "eo"le we are talkin/ about9 Suddenly, when Ali named fi)e of his sons after the Three 4ali"hs, then it doesn-t refer to that Abu Bakr, that Umar, or that Uthman; This is the double standard of the Shia, and the myo"ic way in which he )iews history, obli)ious to facts and reality.

Answerin/ Ansar then makes the feeble ar/ument that Ali named his sons in a different order 1i.e. not in the order of the Three 4ali"hs2. But this ar/ument is im"otent because Ali had these children before the com"letion of the first three 4ali"hates. Therefore, there was no order! of 4ali"hs as of yet. :urthermore, Ali was friends with these three indi)iduals and there is no necessity that he name his children in the order of their rank, since most "eo"le do not e)en know how many children they "lan to ha)e; 5ow many Shia "arents name their eldest son as 5asan and a youn/er one as Ali9 Foes anyone sto" them and say oh, that-s out of order! since Ali was the first Imam whereas 5asan was the second9 Surely this is nonsense; To com"letely ne/ate this rather creati)e 1yet insi/nificant2 ar/ument, we shall "ro)ide an e*am"le )ery dear to the Shia+ we call the reader-s attention to the se)enth Imam of the Shia, Imam Musa al Kadhim, who named his elder son with the name of the si*th Imam of the Shia and named his youn/er son with the name of the second Imam of the Shia; Is this not out of order! accordin/ to Answerin/ Ansar-s ar/ument9 6e /i)e "oints to Answerin/ Ansar for their creati)ity, but in reality it shows how the Shia "ro"a/andist will further any ar/ument to score a "oint re/ardless of if it is based in e)idences or not. In any case, the coincidence is too lar/e, since Ali named three of his children after all three of the Three 4ali"hs. 6e think the reader will a""reciate the weakness of Answerin/ Ansar-s claims, and this factLnamely that Ali named his sons Abu Bakr, Umar, and UthmanLshows that the Shia "aradi/m cannot "ossibly be a true one and rather it is based on Shia myths and fabrications. The :our 3i/htly Muided 4ali"hs were /ood friends and Sahabah 14om"anions2 to each other. Indeed, Ali was the )i>ier and to" aid of the Three 4ali"hs durin/ their res"ecti)e 4ali"hates. It is u" to the reader to either acce"t the less than 'I chance that it was a coincidence that Ali named his sons with the names of the men who su""osedly killed his wife and unborn child, or to acce"t the more rational conclusion that Ali was on /ood terms with them and named his sons after them. 6ritten By+ Ibn al 5ashimi www.htt"+,,www.NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.com