Ahl al-Kisa

Ahl al-Kisa (Arabic: أَهْل ٱلْكِسَاء, romanized: ʾAhl al-Kisāʾ, lit. 'people of the cloak' ), also known as the Al al-Aba (Arabic: آل ٱلْعَبَاء, romanized: ʾĀl al-ʿabāʾ, lit. 'family of the cloak' ), are the Muhammad the Islamic prophet, his daughter Fatima, his cousin and son-in-law Ali, and his two grandsons Hasan and Husayn.

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The name has its origins in the hadith of the cloak ((Arabic: ٱلْكِسَاء, romanized: al-kisāʾ and the event of the mubahala, both widely reported by Sunni and Shi'i authorities as evidence of the high spiritual rank of the "people of the cloak" in Islam. In Shi'a Islam, Ali, Hasan, and Husayn are the first three Imams and the rightful political and spiritual successors of Muhammad. Shi'a who are not Zaydis also regard the Ahl al-Kisa as infallible and believe in the redemptive power of their pain and martyrdom.

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