Ahl al Sunnah Literally, people of the Sunnah. Refers to the vast majority of Muslims who follow the Sunnah (qv) of the Prophet and the precedents of his rightly-guided successors. Used in contradistinction to the Shee`ah (qv.) Who believed that `Alee, the Prophet`s cousin and son-in-law, should have been his immediate successor. Ahl al Sunnah wa