Muhammad-Ali

{{other uses|Muhammad Ali (disambiguation)}}

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{{Alevism|Beliefs}}

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In Alevism, Muhammad-Ali refers to the individuals Muhammad and Ali who exist as a single entity, or light of Aql.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

The origin of this belief can be the well-known following Shi'a hadith:

{{cquote|bgcolor=#F0FFF0|Muhammad said: The first creature of God was my light, and me and Ali are from same light.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mx93XZnDHxQC |title=Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam |author=Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi |translator=David Streight |isbn=9780791494790 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mx93XZnDHxQC&pg=PA30 |chapter=The Pre-Existence of the Imam |page=30 |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2016 |via=books.google.com}}}}