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Genealogical Chart

Genealogical Chart

The maternal side of Hazrat Sayyid Ahmad ar- Rifâi ‘s family goes back to Hazrat Huseyin, the son of Hazrat Ali (ra). On the paternal side his lineage goes back to the Prophet Muhammad (saw) as follows: 
Hazrat Ali (ra), the master of the community, husband of Hazrat Fatima and the founder of Imams, a relative of the prophet; 
Hazrat Huseyin, Imam of Muslims, the chief of the Mumins (believers in Islam) who were tried and afflicted with various troubles and calamities, the martyr of Kerbela;

  • Imam Ali Zayna’l-Abidin (K.S.)
  • 
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (K.S.)
  • Imam Jafer as-Sadiq (K.S.)
  • Imam Musa al-Kazim (K.S.)
  • Imam Ibrahim al-Murteza (K.S.)
  • 
Sayyid Musa Sani (K.S.)
  • 
Sayyid Ahmad Salih Akbar (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Abu Abdullah Husayn (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Hasan Qasım Abû Mûsa (K.S.)
  • 
Sayyid Muhammad Abu’l-Qasim (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Al-Mahdi Makki (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Abu’l Mekarim al-Hasan (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Abu’l Fadail (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Abu Ali Murtaza (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Ali Hazim Abu ‘l Fewaris (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Sabit (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Yahya Nakib (K.S.)
  • Sayyid Ebul-Hasen Aliyy-ar-Rifâi (K.S.)
  • to Sayyid Hazrat Ahmad ar-Rifâi (K.S.)