[2] In 2019, Ali ran as a candidate for the People's Representative Council for South Sulawesi's 1st electoral district.

[4] Ali was the only one out of 575 elected legislators who had not submitted a wealth assessment by the General Elections Commission (KPU) deadline of 7 September 2019, and thus KPU had to separately provide a recommendation to the president to allow for Ali's inauguration after his late submission of the necessary documents on 10 September.

[7] Ali married Siti Nur Azizah, the fourth daughter of the vice-president of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin, in 2019.

[9] His younger brother, Muhammad Basli Ali, served as regent of Selayar Islands Regency.

[3] On 9 April 2023, during a visit to his constituency in Makassar, Ali experienced a sudden heart attack.