This article forms part of the series Islam

Vocabulary of Islam

Five Pillars

Profession of faith

Prayer · Alms · Fasting

Pilgrimage to Mecca

People

Muhammad

Prophets of Islam

Caliphs · Shia Imams

Companions of Muhammad

Holy Cities

Mecca · Medina · Jerusalem

Najaf · Karbala · Kufa

Kazimain · Mashhad · Samarra

Events

Hijra · Islamic calendar · Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Adha · Aashura · Arba'in

Buildings

Mosque · Minaret · Mihrab · Kaaba

Islamic architecture

Functional Religious Roles

Muezzin · Imam · Mullah

Ayatollah · Mufti

Interpretive Texts & Practices

Qur'an · Hadith · Sunnah

Fiqh · Fatwa · Sharia

Sects

Sunni: Hanafi · Hanbali · Maliki · Shafi'i

Shi'a: Ithna Asharia · Ismailiyah · Zaiddiyah

Others: Ibadi · Kharijite · Murjite · Mu'tazili

Movements

Sufism · Wahhabism · Salafism

Non-Mainstream Sects / Movements

Ahmadiyyah · Nation of Islam

Zikri · Druze

Related Faiths

Babism · Bahá'í Faith · Yazidi

This is an Arabic phrase literally translated as "People of the House", or family. In the Islamic tradition, the Ahlul Bayt, or Ahl-e-Bayth, are the progeny of the Prophet Muhammed through his daughter Fatima's marriage with his cousin Ali resulting in their children Hasan and Hussein.

Shiites believe that a Imamate goes in succession through the lineage Ahlul Bayt.

See also

• Sahaba

External links

• Ahl al-Bayt: Its Meaning and Origin http://al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=14ahlbayt.htm
• Why Follow the Ahl al-Bayt? http://www.al-islam.org/nutshell/files/family.pdf