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 |
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]