Question: Who are the Ahl al-Kisa?

Answer: The Prophet (s), Imam Ali (as), Fatima al-Zahra (as), Imam Hasan (as) and Imam Husayn (as).    

Question: What does Kisa mean?

Answer: A cloak 

Question: Why aren’t the Ahl al-Kisa 14 in number? Why are only 5 mentioned?

Answer: Because only the five were living when the event of Kisa happened.