Ahl al-Bayt

Ahl al-Bayt

Islam
Arabic:“People of the House,”

      designation in Islam for the holy family of the Prophet Muḥammad, particularly his daughter Fāṭimah, her husband ʿAlī (who was also Muḥammad's cousin), and their descendants.

      Shīʿites (Shīʿite) closely identify this family with the imams, whom they regard as the legitimate holders of authority in the Muslim community, the infallible bearers of sacred knowledge, and the source of messianic deliverance in the end time. Since the 12th and 13th centuries most Sufi orders have included members of the Prophet's family in their elaborate spiritual lineages (silsilas), which they trace back to the Prophet through ʿAlī.

      Aside from Mecca, shrines containing the remains of members of the Prophet's family and their heirs are the most popular Muslim pilgrimage centres. These include the shrines of ʿAlī in an-Najaf (Najaf, Al-), Iraq; Ḥusayn (Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, al-) in Karbalāʾ, Iraq, and Cairo, Egypt; ʿAlī ar-Riā (Alī ar-Riḍāʿ) in Meshed, Iran; and Khwajah Muʿīn-ud-Dīn Chishtī in Ajmer (western India). In many Muslim societies people known as sharifs (sharif) and sayyids (sayyid) hold privileged status by descent from the holy family. Among those claiming such status in the 20th century were King Ḥassan II (Hassan II) of Morocco, King Hussein (Ḥussein) of Jordan, Ṣaddam Hussein (Ṣaddām Ḥussein) of Iraq, and Abūʾl-ʿalāʾ Mawdūdī of India/Pakistan.

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