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Early religious history of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Shi'a Muslims, a sect of Islam, believe that Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, was the rightful successor to Muhammad, and the ancestor of the Shi'a imams, whom the Shi'a believe to be the divinely ordained spiritual leaders of humankind.
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