Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:172 حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ «قُتِلَ عَلِيٌّ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ»
English Translation
Ali was killed in the year forty, and his caliphate was five years and six months.