El-husseini family lebanon
Amin al-husseini yasser arafat!
Grand mufti amin al-husseini
al-Husayni family
Palestinian political dynasty
For the head of the Shi'a Lebanese family, see Hussein el-Husseini.
| Banu Ghadia Al-Ghadia al-Husseini بنو غضية آل غضية الحسيني | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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).
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]
History
The Husaynis were a wealthy Yaman family that lived around the Jerusalem area in the Levant from the 18th century.
Like most locals of the region, they tried to rebuild their lives followin