What does the word "Ahle Bayt" mean?
Salaams,
The word Ahle Bayt has been used three times in Quran. And at one point the word was used for Musa alaehis salaam, to refer to some woman who should feed him.
The word usually refers to one's immediate family, which includes wives and kids. And its both wives and kids who come to mind instantly when someone asks "how is your family/ahle bayt".
Once Muhammad saaw especially called Hassan and Hussain (as) covered them in His chador and said that they are my Ahle Bayt too.
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