Who Are The Ahl Al-Bait?
THE JEWS, IN ORDER TO STEM THE RISING TIDE OF ISLAM
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE OF A PARTY BEARING THE
NAME OF ISLAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF WRETCHED
ABDULLAH IBN SABA. THIS GROUP OF TREACHEROUS
HYPOCRITES INTRIGUED TO CORRUPT THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM
ONLY IN ORDER TO TAKE UP THEIR UGLY REVENGE (OF
EXPUSION FROM MADINAH DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF ISLAM).
THEY CALLED THEMSELVES SHIATUL ALI (THE PARTY OF ALI)
WHILE THE PARTY HAD NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER WITH ALI.
ALI HAD ONCE ABSOLVED HIMSELF OF THESE PEOPLE. AND
DURING HIS LIFE-TIME HE PUNISHED THEM WITH A GRIEVOUS
PUNISHMENT. HIS SONS AND POSTERITY WERE ALSO AVERSE TO
THEM AFTER THE DEATH OF ALI. THEY ACCURSED AND
CONDEMNED THIS PARTY AND DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME
NEAR THEM. BUT WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE REAILITY
WAS OBSCURED AND MANY MUSLIMS FORGOT THE REAL ISSUE.
THOUGH THE SHIAS DISOWN ABDULLAH IBN SABA, THERE IS NO
DENYING THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK THEIR ROOTS FROM THE
JEWISH AND MAGIAN CREEDS.
IN HIS BOOK "AL-RIJAL" AL KASHSHI SAYS : A CERTAIN
SCHOLAR HAS STATED THAT ABDULLAH BIN SABA WAS A JEW.
HE THEN PRETENDED TO HAVE ACEPTED ISLAM AND TOOK ALI
AS HIS WALI (MASTER). ALI ONCE SAID : HE IS STILL A
JEW FOR HE SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YUSHA IBN NUN AND HOLDS
HIM THE WASI (COMMISSIONER OF A WILL) OF MOSES. THIS
IBN SABA EXPRESSED A SIMILAR VIEW IN REGARD TO ALI
AFTER THE DEATH OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAW). HE
WAS THE FIRST TO PUBLISH AND PROPAGATE THE VIEW THAT
ACCEPTANCE OF ALI AS THE "IMAM" IS AN ESSENTIAL DUTY.
HE ABSOLVED HIMSELF OF THE ENEMIES OF ALI AND DECLARED
THEM TO BE KAFIRS (INFIDELS). RJIAL AL-KASHSHI,
KARBALA P. 101). IN THE COMMON LOVE AND AFFECTION
AMONG THE FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE
PROPHET'S DAUGHTER FATIMA (R.A.), THESE INTRIGUERS
FOUND A WEAK POINT OF THE MUSLIMS WHICH THEY FULLY
EXPLOITED.
IT MAY ALSO BE MENTIONED HERE THAT REAL AHLE BAIT ARE
THE VIRTUEOUS WIVES OF THE PROPHET (SAW) IN WHOSE
FAVOUR THE FOLLOWING VERSE OF THE QUR'AN HAS BEEN
REVEALED :
"ALLAH'S WISH IS BUT TO REMOVE UNCLEANLINESS FAR FROM
YOU, O FOLD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, AND CLEANSE YOU WITH A
THOROUGH CLEANISING." (33:33)
ACCORDING TO IBN ABBAS THIS VERSE WAS REVEALED IN
RESPECT OF THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET (SAW) ESPECIALLY
HAZRAT AISHA SIDDIQAH AND HAFSA (R.A) WHICH GOES TO
PROVE THE EXALTED RANK AND HONOUR OF HAZRAT ABU BAKR
AND UMAR (MAY ALLAH BE PIEASED WITH THEM). DESPITE
THIS THE SHIAS HAVE THE AUDACITY TO OPEN THEIR FOUL
MOUTH AGAINST HAZRAT AISHA (R.A) AND OTHER WIVES TO
THE PROPHET (SAW) WHO ARE CONSIDERED THE PARAGON OF
VIRTUES. SIMILARLY THE SHIAS DENY THE TWO DAUGHTERS OF
THE PROPHET (SAW) HAZRAT RUKKIAH AND UMME KULSUM WHO
WERE WEDDED TO HAZRAT USMAN ONE AFTER THE DEATH OF THE
OTHER. HAZRAT USMAN ON ACCOUNT OF THIS HONOUR BESTOWED
BY THE PROPHET (SAW) WAS CALLED ZUNOORIAN ( ) (I.E.
HAVING TWO LIGHTS). BUT SHIAS OUT OF BIGOTRY AND
HATRED OF HAZRAT USMAN (RA) SAY THAT THE PROPHET (SAW)
DID NOT HAVE ANY DAUGHTER EXCEPT FATIMA (RA) WHO WAS
WEDDED TO ALI. SUCH DENIALS OF FACTS AND TRAVESTY OF
TRUTH IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SHIAS AS THE READER WOULD
HAVE LEARNT BY THIS TIME.
DESPITE ALL THIS, THERE IS NONE AMONG THE
AHL-AL-SUNNAH WHO SHOULD BELIEVE OR THINK OF ALI AND
HIS CHILDREN IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH THE SHIAS
BELIEVE ABOUT THE WIVES OF RASUL-ALLAH (SAW), RIGHTLY
GUIDED CALIPHS AND THE SAHABAH.
HADHRAT AISHA (RA) TOLD THAT THE PEOPLE USED TO CHOOSE
'AISHA'S DAY TO BRING THEIR GIFTS, SEEKING THEREBY TO
PLEASE ALLAH'S MESSENGER. SHE SAID THAT ALLAH'S
MESSENGER'S WIVES WERE IN TWO PARTIES, ONE INCLUDING
AISHA, HAFSA, SAFIYA AND SAUDA AND THE OTHER INCLUDING
UMM SALAM AND THE REST OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER'S WIVES.
UMM SALAMA'S PARTY SPOKE TO HER TELLING HER TO ASK
ALLAH'S MESSENGER TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE, "IF ANYONE
WISHES TO MAKE A PRESENT TO ALLAH'S MESSENGER, LET HIM
PRESENT IT TO HIM WHEREVER HE HAPPENS TO BE." SHE DID
SO AND HE REPLIED, "DO NOT ANNOY ME REGARDING AISHA,
FOR INSPIRATION HAS NOT COME TO ME WHEN I WAS IN ANY
WOMAN'S GARMENT BUT AISHA'S." SHE SAID, "I REPENT TO
ALAH OF ANNOYING YOU, MESSENGER OF ALLAH". SHE SAID,
"I REPENT TO ALLAH OF ANNOYING YOU, MESSENGER OF
ALLAH". THEY THEN CALLED FATIMA, SENT HER TO ALLAH'S
MESSENGER, AND SHE SPOKE TO HIM, BUT HE REPLIED, "DO
YOU NOT LIKE WHAT I LIKE, GIRLIE?" SHE SAID, HE
REPLIED, "DO YOU NOT LIKE WHAT I LIKE, GIRLIE?", SHE
SAID, "CERTAINLY", SO HE SAID; 'THEN LOVE THIS WOMAN.
(I.E. AISHA)." (BUKHARI & MUSLIM)
HADHRAT AISHA (RA) SAID: I WAS NOT SO JEALOUS OF ANY
OF THE PROPHET'S WIVES AS I WAS OF KHADIJA. I NEVER
SAW HER, BUT HE FRQUENTLY MENTIONED HER, AND HE WOULD
OFTEN KILL A SHEEP, CUT IT IN PIECES AND SEND THEM
ROUND AMONG KHADIJA'S FRIENDS. I OFTEN SAID TO HIM,
"IT SEEMS AS IF KHADJIA WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE
WORLD", AND HE REPLIED, "SHE WAS INDEED A FINE WOMAN,
AND I HAD CHILDREN FROM HER." (BUKHRAI & MUSLIM)
ABU MUSA REPORTED THE PROPHET AS SAYING, "MANY MEN
HAVE BEEN PERFECT, BUT AMONG WOMEN ONLY MARY THE
DAUGHTER OF 'IMRAN AND ASIYA THE WIFE OF PHARAOH WERE
PERFECT; AND AISHA'S SUPERIORITY OVER WOMEN IS LIKE
THE SUPERIORITY OF THARID OVER OTHER KINDS OF FOOD."
(BUKHARI AND MUSLIM)
ANAS REPORTED THE PROPHET AS SAYING, "AMONG THE WOMEN
OF THE UNIVERSE MARY DAUGHTER OF 'IMRAN, KHADIJA
DAUGHTER OF KHUWAILID, FATIMA DAUGHTER OF MUHAMMAD AND
ASIYA WIFE OF PHARAOH ARE ENOUGH FOR YOU." (TIRMIDHI)
HADHRAT AISHA (RA) SAID : "ONE OF ALLAH'S FAVOUR TO ME
WAS THAT ALLAH'S MESSENGER DIED IN MY HOUSE ON MY DAY
RESTING ON MY BREAST, AND THAT ALLAH JOINED HIS SALIVA
WITH MINE WHEN HE DIED.........". (BUKHARI)
THE REFERENCE IS TO THE DETAIL MENTIONED LATER IN THIS
VERY HADITH TELLING THAT SHE SOFTENED THE MISWAK
(TOOTH-STICK) IN HER MOUTH BEFORE THE PROPHET (SAW)
USED IT.
SUCH IS THE EXCELLENCE OF HADHRAT AISHA (R.A), HADHRAT
KHADIJA (R.A) AND OTHER BLESSED WIVES OF RASUL-ALLAH
(SAW). THE SHIAS OUT OF SHEER MALICE AND BIGOTRY DENY
THIS AND CONFINE THE TERM AHLE-BAIT TO ONLY HADHRAT
FATIMA (RA) AND HER CHILDREN WHICH IS NOT CORRECT.
SINCE RASUL-ALLAH (SAW) WAS NOT SURVIVED BY ANY MALE
ISSUE, HIS WIVES CONSTITUTE INTEGRAL PART OF THE
FAMILY OF RASUL-ALLAH (SAW). THE TERM AHLE-BAIT IS
UNTHINKABLE WITHOUT THE BLESSED WIVES OF RASUL-ALLAH
(SAW) WHO ARE MOTHER OF THE BELIEVERS. BECAUSE OF
BEING THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET (SAW) WHO IS MORE THAN
A FATHER FOR THE UMMAH, HOW CAN HIS WIVES BE EXCLUDED
FROM THE HOUSE OF THE PROPHET (SAW)?
SA'D B. ABI WAQQAS REPORTED THAT ALLAH'S MESSENGER
(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) LEFT ALI B. TALIB BEHIND HIM
(AS HE PROCEEDED TO THE EXPEDITION OF TABUK, WHEREUPON
HE (ALI) SAID : ALLAH'S MESSENGER, ARE YOU LEAVING ME
BEHIND AMONGST WOMEN & CHILDREN? THEREUPON HE (THE
HOLY PROPHET) SAID : "AREN'T YOU SATISFIED WITH BEING
UNTO ME WHAT AARON WAS UNTO MOSES BUT WITH THIS
EXCEPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROPHET AFTER ME."
(MUSLIM) SAD B. ABI WAQQAS ALSO HEARD ALLAH'S
MESSENGER SAY ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR : I WOULD
CERTAINLY GIVE THIS STANDARD TO A PERSON WHO LOVES
ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER AND ALLAH & HIS MESSENGER LOVE
HIM TOO. HE (THE NARRATOR) SAID: WE HAVE BEEN
ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR IT, WHEN HE (THE HOLY PROPHET)
SAID : CALL ALI. HE WAS CALLED AND HIS EYES WERE
INFLAMED. HE APPLIED SALIVA TO HIS EYES AND HANDED
OVER THE STANDARD TO HIM AND ALLAH GAVE VICTORY. (THE
THIRD OCCASION IS THIS) WHEN THE (FOLLOWING) QUR'ANIC
VERSE WAS REVEALED:" (3 : 63) ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM) CALLED ALI, FATIMA, HASAN AND
HUSSAIN AND SAID : O ALLAH, THEY ARE MY FAMILY
(MUSLIM).
SHI'ITE AUTHORS REFER TO THIS AND SIMILAR TRADITIONS
IS SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIM THAT BY THESE WORDS THE HOLY
PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) HAD MADE A POINTED
REFERENCE TO HADHRAT ALI AS HIS SUCCESSOR. THE SUNNI
SCHOLARS ASSERT, AND RIGHTLY THAT THE ABOVE WORDS OF
THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) HAVE A
REFERENCE TO FAMILY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND ALI
AND NOT TO THE QUESTION OF CALIPHATE. AARON WAS THE
COUSIN OF MOSES AND SO WAS THE CASE WITH ALI AND THE
HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM). THEY HOLY
PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ORDERED ALI TO REMAIN
IN MADINA IN CHARGE OF THE CITY AND THE PROPHET'S
FAMILY WHILE HE WAS PROCEEDING ON THE CITY AND THE
PROPHET'S FAMILY WHILE HE WAS PROCEEDING ON THE
CAMPAIGN OF TABUK. ALI EXPRESSED HIS ANXIETY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN AND NOT TO STAY BEHIND IN
MADINA. THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
REFERRED TO THE EXAMPLE OF MOSES WHO HAD LEFT HIS
BROTHER AARON IN CHARGE OF THE CUMMUNITY WHEN HE
HIMSELF ASCENDED MOUNT SINAI. IN A TRADITION O THE
AUTHORITY OF SA'D (IBN HANBAL 1 : 175) HADHRAT ALI IS
REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HIGHLY DELIGHTED BY THIS. THIS
HADITH ALI IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HIGHLY DELIGHTED
BY THIS. THIS HADITH ALSO BEARS CLEAR TESTIMONY TO THE
FACT THAT THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) IS
THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS AND NO OTHER PROPHET WOULD BE
RAISED AFTER HIM.
THE SHI'ITE ON THE BASIS OF THIS HADITH ALSO ASSERT
THAT THE AHL AL BAIT OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) ARE ONLY FOUR NOBLE SOULS : HADHRAT HUSSAIN,
HASSAN, FATIMA AND ALI (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH ALL OF
THEM). BUT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE QUR'ANIC VERSE
(33:33) HAS BEEN REEALED CLARLY SHOWS THAT THE AHL
AL-BAIT IMPLIES THE WIVES OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS IT HAS BEEN SAID AT THE OPENING
OF THIS VERSE : "AND STAY IN YOUR HOUSES AND DISPLAY
NOT YOUR BEAUTY LIKE THE DISPLAYING OF THE IGNORANCE
OF YORE." ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE THE WORD AHL
AL-BAIT HAS BEEN USED IN THE QUR'AN IT SIGNIFIES WIFE
AS IN CASE OF IBRAHIM'S WIFE (11 : 73) AND IMRAN'S
WIFE (3: 33-35), OR MOSES'S MOTHER (28 : 12). KEEPING
INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH THESE POINTS THE CORRECT VIEW
IS THAT THE WIVES OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM), HIS CHILDREN, HIS DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW
AND THEIR CHILDREN ALL COME UNDER AHL AL-BAIT. THE
SHIAS DEFINITELY ERR WHEN THEY EXCLUDE WIVES AND
INCLUDE ONLY FATIMA, ALI, HASAN AND HUSSAIN (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH ALL OF THEM) IN AHL AL-BAIT.
ZAID B. ARQAM REPORTED ALLAH'S MESSENGER AS SAYING, "I
AM LEAVING AMONG YOU SOMETHING OF SUCH A NATURE THAT
IF YOU LAY HOLD OF IT YOU WILL NOT GO ASTRAY AFTER I
AM GONE, ONE PART OF IT BEING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
OTHER: ALLAH'S BOOK, A ROPE STRETCHED FROM HEAVEN TO
EARTH, AND MY CLOSE RELATIVES WHO BELONG TO MY
HOUSEHOLD. THESE TWO WILL NOT SEPARATE FROM ONE
ANOTHER TILL THEY COME DOWN TO EARTH, AND MY CLOSE
RELATIVES WHO BELONG TO MY HOUSEHOLD. THESE TWO WILL
NOT SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER TILL THEY COME DOWN TO
THE POND (I.E. POND OF AL-KAUTHAR IN PARADISE); SO
CONSIDER HOW YOU ACT REGARDING THEM AFTER MY
DEPARTURE." (TIRMIDHI).
IBN ABBAS REPORTED ALLAH'S MESSENGER AS SAYING, "LOVE
ALLAH FOR THE FAVOUR WITH WHICH HE PROVIDES YOU, LOVE
ME BECAUSE OF LOVE OF ALLAH, AND LOVE MY FAMILY FROM
LOVE ME." (TIRMIDHI).
ABU DHARR, WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR OF THE KA'BA, TOLD
THAT HE HAD HEARD THE PROPHET SAY, "MY FAMILY AMONG
YOU ARE LIKE NOAH'S ARK. HE WHO SAILS ON IT WILL BE
SAFE, BUT HE WHO HOLDS BACK FROM IT WILL PERISH"
(AHMAD).
THE WORD "AAL" ( ) HAS BEEN USED 14 TIMES IN THE
QUR'AN LIKE "AAL" MUSA. "AAL" FIRAUAN ETC. WHICH
IMPLES FOLK, FOLLOWERS, FAMILY ETC. AND NOT MERELY
OFF-SPRINGS AS SHIAS BELIEVE IN THE CONTEXT OF "AAL
MUHAMMAD" (SAW) MEANING HADHRAT'S FATIMAH, ALI & THEIR
CHILDREN. THIS CONCEPT IS ERRONEOUS. THUS "AAL"
INCLUDES ALL THE FLOK AND IN AHL-BAIT ARE INCLUDED THE
UMMHATUL MOMINEEN, ALL THE DAUGHTERS OF HOLY PROPHET
(SAW) AND THEIR OFFSPRING. THE BLESSED WIVES OF THE
HOLY PROPHET (SAW) HAVE NATURALLY MORE CLOSENESS AND
PRECEDENCE OVER PROPHET'S DAUGHTERS, THE SON-IN-LAW
AND GRANDCHILDREN. IN THIS CONNECTION ATTENTION IS
DRAWN TO VERSES 6 OF SURAH AL AHZAB OF THE QUR'AN. WE
CANNOT CONCEIVE OF AHLE-BAIT OF RASUL-ALLAH (SAW)
WITHOUT HIS VIRTEOUS AND BELESSED WIVES WHO ARE THE
MOTHES OF THE BELIEVERS.
NOTES
1. THE HOLY QUR'AN IN VERSE 59 OF SURAH AL-AHZAB USES
PLURAL WORD "DAUGHTERS" OF THE PROPHET (SAW) WHICH
BELIE SHIA ASSERTION.
2. THE COMPLETE VERSE IS LIKE THIS: "COME ! LET US
SUMMON OUR CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN, AND OUR WOMEN
AND YOUR WOMEN, AND OURSELVES AND YOURSELVES; AND THEN
LET US PRAY (TOGETHER) HUMBLY AND ARDENTLY, AND LET US
INVOKE ALLAH'S CURSE ON THOSE TELLING A LIE" (3:63).
THIS TYPE OF TRIAL THROUGH PRAYER IS KNOWN AS MUBAHALA
IN ISLAMIC TERMINOLOGY. IN THIS TRIAL BOTH THE PARTIES
ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THEIR NEAR AND DEAR ONCES AND
THEN INVOKE THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THE LIARS. THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED VERSE WAS REEALED IN THE YEAR 10H ON
THE OCCASION OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE HOLY PROPHET
(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND THE CHRISTIANS OF NAJRAN,
WHO, LIKE OTHER CHRISTIANS, MAINTAINED THAT JESUS WAS
THE "SON OF GOD," AND, THEREFORE, "GOD INCARNATE".
WHEN THE MOST CONVINCING ARGUMENTS COULD NOT BRING
THEM ROUND, ALLAH PROPOSED TRIAL BY PRAYER. IN THIS
TRIAL THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
SUMMONED THE MOST DEAR ONES OF HIS KITH AND KIN AND
THEY WERE ALI, FATIMAH, HASAN AND HUSSAIN. THIS SHOWS
THE LOVE OF HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W) AND HIS FEELING OF
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
3. "THE PROPHET IS CLOSER TO THE BELIEVERS THAN THEIR
SELVES, AND HIS WIVES ARE (AS) THEIR MOTHERS."
(AL-QUR'AN 33: 6).
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