In the matters of faith, the belief of Ahl Al-Sunnah Wal-Jama’ah is moderate between excessiveness and negligence and between exaggeration and lack of respect. And among these matters is their faith towards the family of the Messenger of Allâh. Surely they are friendly to every Muslim male and female from among the offspring of Abdul Muttalib and to all the wives of the Prophet. They love them all; they praise them and put them in the position they deserve, with justice and fairness, not with passion and discretion. They acknowledge the virtue of the one for whom Allâh has combined both the honor of “Iman” (the faith) and the honor of the Nasab (being related to the Prophet). And he who belongs to the household from among the companions of the Messenger of Allâh, they surely love him, because of
his faith, piety, companionship and relationship with the Prophet.
And he who is not among the companions, they love him, because of his faith, piety and kinship with the Prophet.
And they believe that the honor of the kinship is subsequent to the honor of faith. And he whom Allâh has combined both for him, surely possesses the combination of the two virtues. And he who has not been granted the faith, surely the honor of his kinship with the Prophet cannot benefit him in any way. And Allâh has said: (Verily the most honorable of you with Allâh is that (believer) who has At-Taqwâ [i.e. he is one of the Muttaqûn (the pious.)] ¹. And the Prophet at the end of a long Hadith reported by Muslim in his Sahih (2699) narrated by Abu Hurairah said: And he whose deed has made him slow, it is not his Nasab (kinship) that would make him fast”. And Ibn Rajab (Rahimahullah) in explaining the meaning of this Hadith in his book Jami’e Al-Ulum Wal-Hikam (page: 308) said: “It means that it is the deed that
Al-Hujuraat Ayah: 13.
takes a person to the higher ranks of the Hereafter. As Allâh has said: (For all, there will be degrees (or ranks) according to what they did ¹ So he whose deeds made him slow, to the extent that it cannot take him to the higher positions towards Allâh, it is not his relationship with the Prophet that would take him there; for surely, Allâh rewards according to deeds and not according to relationships. As He has said: Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask for one another 2.
And Allâh has ordained for one to hasten towards His forgiveness and mercy through good deeds, as He has said: (And march forth in the way (which leads to) forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth prepared for Al-Muttaqûn (the pious). Those who spend (in Allâh’s Cause) in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger) ³. And
¹ Surah Al-An’am Ayah: 132. 2 Surah Al-Mu’minun Ayah: 101. 3 Surah Al-Imran Ayât: 133-134.
He also said: (Verily, those who live in awe for fear of their Lord; And those who believe in the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord; And those who join not anyone (in worship) as partners with their Lord; And those who give that (the charity) which they give (and olso do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear (whether their alms and charities have been accepted or not), because they are sure to return to their Lord (for reckoning). It is these who hasten in the good deeds and they are foremost in them 1.
He then mentioned statements in motivation towards good deeds and (in emphasizing) that nearness to the Prophet and His friendship can only be obtained through the piety and the righteous deed. He ended it with the Hadith of Amr bin AlAas in Sahih Al Bukhari (5990) and Sahih Muslim (215); he said: “And all of this is confirmed by the Hadith recorded in AsSahihain (i.e. Al Bukhari and Muslim),
Surah Al-Mu’minun Ayât: 57-61.
Prophet narrated by Amr bin Al-Aas who heard the saying: “Verily, the so-and-so family of my father cannot be my “Awliya’a” (friends, supporters), my “Waliy” (friend, protector) is Allâh and the righteous believers”. This refers to the fact that his friendship cannot be obtained by relationship even if it is a close one. It can rather be obtained by Iman (the faith) and the righteous deed. So he whose faith and deeds are complete, is the greatest of friends to him irrespective of whether he has a close relationship with him or not. And in this meaning, some poets said:
I swear by Allâh, the value of a human being is according to his religion. Do not give up the piety relying only on the Nasab (kinship) Islam has raised Salman the Persian (not Nasab)
And Shirk (polytheism) has dropped Abu Lahab who is of noble descent
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 