Who Was Alive

Were Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Mu'awiya I alive at the same time?

Yes. Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Mu'awiya I were alive at the same time for 57 or 58 years, from AD 603 to AD 661.

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib was 3 or 4 when Mu'awiya I was born.

Mu'awiya I was 57 or 58 when Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib died, aged 61 or 62.

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam

Born 17 March AD 599 · died AD 661, aged 61 or 62

Mu'awiya I

Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate

Born AD 603 · died AD 680, aged 76 or 77

  1. Gregory I
  2. Muhammad
  3. Abu Bakr
  4. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
  5. Brahmagupta
  6. Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
  7. Mu'awiya I
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Mu'awiya I in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.