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Is Ali Khamenei a descendant of Muhammad?

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Ali Khamenei is a sayyid, one of a large number of people who are said to be descended from Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, Muhammad’s cousin. Among Shiʿi clerics, sayyids like Ali Khamenei are entitled to wear a black turban as a symbol of honor for Muhammad’s family (called Ahl al-Bayt).

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