Muhammad-Ali

For other uses, see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation).

In Alevism, Muhammad-Ali refers to the individuals Muhammad and Ali who exist as a single entity, or light of Aql.^{[citation needed]}

The names of Muhammad and Ali with Islamic calligraphy, Ali at left and Muhammad at right.

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

Muhammad said: The first creature of God was my light, and me and Ali are from same light.^[1]