Abdul Muttalib
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       Abdullah               Abu Talib
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  Muhammad (al-Mustafa)          |
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   Fatima (al-Zahra)     Ali (al-Murtadha)
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           __________|___________
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al-Hasan (al-Mujtaba)     al-Husain (Sayyid al-Shuhadaa)
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                        Ali (Zain al-Abidin)
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                         Muhammad (al-Baqir)
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                           Ja'far (al-Sadiq)
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                             Musa (al-Kadhim)
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                              Ali (al-Ridha)
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                         Muhammad (al-Taqi)
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                              Ali (al-Naqi)
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                         al-Hasan (al-Askari)
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                         Muhammad (al-Mahdi)