Day: February 1, 2024

Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh
About 1400 year ago, at the plains of Ghadeer a declaration was made clarifying the Mastership of Imam Ali (a.s.), by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.).

MAN KUNTUM MAWLAH FAHADHA ALIYU MAWLAHU
(Of whomsoever I am the Master, Ali is his Master)

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: O Ali! You are the Banner of Guidance and the Light of Religion and that is the Light of Allah (s.w.t.)


The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “OUR FIRST ONE IS MUHAMMAD, OUR LAST ONE IS MUHAMMAD, OUR MIDDLE ONE IS MUHAMMAD, ALL OF US ARE MUHAMMAD”

“(O’ Members of the Messenger’s Family) Allah’s wish is but to remove impurities (of the body and spiritheart) from you and cleanse you with thorough cleansing.” [Holy Qur’an, Surah al-Ahzab]

“Amongst you my family is like Noah’s ark and whosoever boards it, he shall be saved and whosoever remains, he shall be Lost.” [Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal]

Mola Imam Musa-e-Kazim says:
“O Allahazwj! I bear witness that Aliasws is Amir al-Momineen, the Master of all successors, and the Leader of all the pious. He is my Leader and the only clear path to my guidance. Heasws is the one whom without his Mastership and without following him, I could not trust my deeds, no matter how pure they are. And no matter how good my deeds are, without him I do not see them (as deeds) that would save me.

Prophet has said: “Fatemah is part of me, he who loves her loves me, and he who angers her angers me” He has also said “Surely Allah becomes angry for the anger of Fatemah and becomes satisfied for her satisfaction/if she is satisfied.”

The Ahl al-Bayt’s Tradition

Reference to the Prophet’s tradition, successively narrated in Sunni books, makes it clear that the excellent and unique status of the Prophet’s Household (Ahl al-Bayt) is among the principles of Islam. Affection to the

[1] Tarikh Al-Fiqh Al-Islami, p. 229 (the abridged version)

Holy Prophet’s Household and following them is necessary. Though there is no doubt about the proof of the Ahl al-Bayt’s tradition, for discarding any possible temptation in this issue, just two of the most famous reasons for it, i.e. “Purification Verse” and “Thaqalayn tradition” will follow:

The first reason for proof of the Ahl al-Bayt’s tradition

The Holy Quran sates:

Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House, and to purify you a (thorough) purifying. 33:33.

For more explanation about this honorable verse known as Purification (Tat’hir) Verse, it should be said that according to this verse God wants to take any wickedness away from the Ahl alBayt, and since any sin is wickedness, they are away from any sin and hence infallible, by God’s will

As is evident from the word “” which is used for exclusion in Arabic, this is God’s certain inclination to specialize the Ahl al-Bayt in purification, while the Almighty has invited anyone to be pure and avoid committing sins. What remains is to see who are the Ahl al-Bayt. To find the answer to this question, we should attend to traditions on the cause of the revelation of this verse. Some such traditions from the most trusted Sunni books are mentioned hereinafter:[1]

Aishah says: One morning, the Holy Prophet (a.s) came out of his house wearing a cloak made of black hair. Hasan (a.s) came in and the Prophet (a.s) placed him under the cloak. Then Husayn (a.s) came and went in there. Then came Fatimah (a.s) who was placed there by the Prophet (a.s). Next Ali (a.s) came and the Prophet took him under his cloak and recited, “Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, people of the House (Ahl alBayt), and to purify you a thorough purifying. 33:33.”[2]

[1] For more information see: narrative books such as Al-Durr Al-Manthur, by Suyuti.

[2] Sahih Muslim, Published in Egypt, Vol. 7, Kitab Fadha’il Al-Sahabah, p. 130, No. 4450; Musnad Ahmad, Vol. 1, Baqi Musnad Al-Ansar, p. 31, No. 24132; Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Kitab Al-Adab, No. 2738; Sunan Abu Dawud, Kitab AlLibas, No. 3513, (Int’l No.)