Who is who on the Ahlul Bayt family tree
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Abd al-MuttalibGrandfather of the Prophet | Sixth century | Of the clan of Hashim. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| AA | Abd AllahFather of the Prophet | Sixth century | Son of Abd al-Muttalib. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| AT | Abu TalibUncle of the Prophet | Sixth and seventh centuries | Father of Ali. | Find on the chart |
| TP | The Prophet MuhammadThe Prophet of Islam | Born about 570 | Called the seal of the prophets in Surah 33:40. | Find on the chart |
| K | KhadijaFirst wife of the Prophet | Died 619 | Married him about 595. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
| al-QasimSon of the Prophet | Died in childhood | Died in early childhood. Sources8 | Find on the chart | |
| AA | Abd AllahSon of the Prophet | Died in childhood | Also called al-Tayyib and al-Tahir. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
| Z | ZaynabDaughter in the Sunni view | Seventh century | Niece of Khadija in Shia sources. | Find on the chart |
| R | RuqayyaDaughter in the Sunni view | Seventh century | Niece of Khadija in Shia sources. | Find on the chart |
| UK | Umm KulthumDaughter in the Sunni view | Seventh century | Niece of Khadija in Shia sources. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| F | FatimaDaughter of the Prophet | Died 632 | Called al-Zahra, wife of Ali. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| A | AliThe first Imam | 599 to 661 | The fourth caliph in Sunni counting. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| H | HasanThe second Imam | 625 to 670 | Elder son of Ali and Fatima. | Find on the chart |
| H | HusaynThe third Imam | 626 to 680 | Buried at Karbala. | Find on the chart |
| ZA | Zaynab bint AliDaughter of Ali and Fatima | Seventh century | Sister of Hasan and Husayn. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| A | Ali al-SajjadThe fourth Imam | 658 to 712 | Son of Husayn. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| M | Muhammad al-BaqirThe fifth Imam | 677 to 732 | An early scholar of law. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| J | Jafar al-SadiqThe sixth Imam | 702 to 765 | Father of Ismail and Musa. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| IJ | Ismail ibn JafarImam of the Ismaili lines | Eighth century | Son of Jafar al-Sadiq. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| M | Musa al-KazimThe seventh Imam | 744 to 799 | Buried at Baghdad. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| A | Ali al-RidaThe eighth Imam | 765 to 817 | Buried at Mashhad. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| M | Muhammad al-JawadThe ninth Imam | 810 to 835 | Buried at Baghdad. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| A | Ali al-HadiThe tenth Imam | 827 to 868 | Buried at Samarra. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| H | Hasan al-AskariThe eleventh Imam | 846 to 874 | Buried at Samarra. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| M | Muhammad al-MahdiThe twelfth Imam | Born 869 | In occultation in Twelver belief. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
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- MLA“The Ahlul Bayt Family Tree, the Prophet’s Household and the Twelve Imams.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/ahl-al-bayt-family-tree.
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Sources
Every source was read on 10 November 2026, the Qur’an in the Saheeh International translation. Britannica, Encyclopaedia Iranica and sunnah.com refused to be read.
The Qur’an, Saheeh International translation, quran.com
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- The shrine of Husayn at Karbala, photographed in 1932, Unknown photographer, Matson Collection, 1932.
