mohammad hanfiyah was his older brother, and hasanain (hassan and hussain), abbas, othman, abdullah and jafar were all his half-brothers. muhammad ibn ali had a hard war with his brother's (hussain) enemies, and killed many of kufa army. eventually, a man from bani aban ibn daram killed him. the name of muhammad ibn ali is available in ziyarah nahiah moqaddasah, and has been addressed and greeted of mahdi.