Alids

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The Alids are the descendants and followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his son Hasan, who hold a central place in Shia Islam as the Prophet Muhammad’s family line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynastic group
religious lineage
associatedWith Caliphate of Ali
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate

Imamate doctrine
Sayyid lineage
linked to: Sayyids

Sharif lineage
centralIn Shia Islam
consideredDescendantsOf Prophet Muhammad through Fatimah
descendedFrom Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan ibn Ali
ethnoReligiousIdentity Arab Muslims
follows Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan ibn Ali
hasAncestralFigure Fatimah bint Muhammad
Husayn ibn Ali
hasSubgroup Hasanids
Husaynids
hasTitleForDescendants Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids

Sharif
historicallyInfluentialIn Hejaz
Iran
Iraq
Yemen
honorificUsedForMembers Alawi
linked to: Alawis

Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids

Sharif
languageOfReligiousTexts Arabic
linkedToConcept Imamate
linked to: Shia Imams

Wilayah (spiritual authority)
legitimate leadership of the Muslim community
namedAfter Ali ibn Abi Talib
originatedInCentury 7th century
originatedInRegion Arabian Peninsula
playsRoleIn Islamic mysticism
linked to: Sufism

Islamic political history
Islamic theology
regardedAs Ahl al-Bayt
family of the Prophet Muhammad
religiousBranch Shia Islam
religiousStatus venerated family of the Prophet in Shia Islam
religiousTradition Islam
veneratedIn Ismaili Shia Islam
linked to: Ismaili Shia

Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia

Zaydi Shia Islam
linked to: Zaydi Shia
viewedAs bearers of the Prophetic lineage in Shia thought

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Hasan ibn Ali dynasty Alids