Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0
Specification 3.4 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: The Family of the ProphetAhl-ul-Bayt means the household or family of the Prophet Muhammad. Both Sunni and Shi’a Muslims love and honour Muhammad’s family as servants of God. Their disagreement is not about whether the family deserves respect, but about who belongs to it and whether membership carries a special, God-given authority.