al-Husayni family
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For the head of the Shi'a Lebanese family, see Hussein el-Husseini.
Husayni (Arabic: الحسيني also spelled Husseini) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali).
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Banu Ghadia Al-Ghadia al-Husseini بنو غضية آل غضية الحسيني | |
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Hussenid Arab tribe | |
Nisba | Al-Husseini (Al-Husayni) |
Location | Mainly Jerusalem |
Descended from | Sheik Ghadia ibn Ammar ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abi al-Fadael ibn Yousha ibn Jamal al-Din ibn Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ahmed ibn Sharaf al-Din |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam, in contrast to the Shafi school followed by most of the Arab Muslim population of Palestine.[1]