Using “Alaihis-Salam” (عليه السلام) for the Ahle bait
As a Sunni, you might cringe when you hear "عليه السلام" (Alaihi as-Salam, may peace be upon him) being used for Hazrat Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, Husain or any other person from the Ahle Bait (family of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)) and you might immediately classify the person saying it as a Shia but fact of the matter is that many of our most famous classical scholars and Imams have used this phrase when referring to the Ahle Bait, and our classical Sunni literature is filled with such evidences. And this shouldn't be very surprising, when we ourselves say at the end of every Salah: …اللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد “O Allah, send your blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad…”