The Family of the Prophet ﷺ

Ahl al-Bayt: The People of the House

“Love Allah for what He nourishes you with of His blessings, love me due to the love of Allah, and love the People of my House due to the love of me.”

Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi 3789

Ahl al-Kisāʾ

The People of the Cloak

محمد
Prophet Muḥammad (SAW)
فاطمة
Fāṭima (AS)
علي
ʿAlī (AS)
الحسن
al-Ḥasan (AS)
الحسين
al-Ḥusayn (AS)

Gathered beneath the cloak — Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2424; the Verse of Purification, Qurʾān 33:33

The House of Hāshim

Banū Hāshim

عبد مناف
ʿAbd Manāf
عبد شمس
ʿAbd Shams
نوفل
Nawfal
هاشم
Hāshim
المطلب
al-Muṭṭalib
عبد المطلب
ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
عبد الله
ʿAbd Allāh
أبو طالب
Abū Ṭālib
العباس
al-ʿAbbās
خديجة
Khadīja (AS)
محمد
Prophet Muḥammad (SAW)
فاطمة
Fāṭima (AS)
علي
ʿAlī (AS)
الحسن
al-Ḥasan (AS)
الحسين
al-Ḥusayn (AS)

Descendants of al-Ḥusayn: the Imams of the principal Shīʿī branches

The Twelve Imams

The line through al-Ḥusayn

فاطمة
Fāṭima (AS)
علي
IʿAlī (AS)d. 40/661
الحسن
IIal-Ḥasan (AS)d. 49/669
الحسين
IIIal-Ḥusayn (AS)d. 61/680
زين العابدين
IVZayn al-ʿĀbidīn (AS)d. c. 95/714
الباقر
VMuḥammad al-Bāqir (AS)d. c. 114/732
الصادق
VIJaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (AS)d. 148/765
الكاظم
VIIMūsā al-Kāẓim (AS)d. 183/799
الرضا
VIIIʿAlī al-Riḍā (AS)d. 203/818
الجواد
IXMuḥammad al-Jawād (AS)d. 220/835
الهادي
XʿAlī al-Hādī (AS)d. 254/868
العسكري
XIal-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī (AS)d. 260/874
المهدي
XIIMuḥammad al-Mahdī (AS)in occultation