Who are the members of the prophet's (pbuh) household
Respected sisters & brothers :
the love and respect for the members of the Prophet's (PBUH) family has been
tied with the love and respect of the Prophet , In other words, a person who
loves and respects the descendants of the Prophet (PBUH) will be deemed to be a
lover and admirer of the Prophet (PBUH).
But love and respect here does not mean that they are taken for sinless persons
and their status is exaggerated beyond reason, as is the case with the Shiites.
The following verse is emphasizing the high level of the members of prophet
(pbuh) house , but who are they ? ok ,they are :
• His wives , Mothers of the believers
• Ali bin aby taleb ( prophet's cousin )and his offspring .
• `Aqil bin aby taleb ( prophet's cousin )and his offspring.
• Ja`far and his offspring (prophet's cousin )
• 'abbas ( prophet uncle )and his offspring .
Allah, the Exalted, says:
"Allah wishes only to remove Ar-Rijs (evil
deeds and sins) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet (PBUH)), and
to purify you with a thorough purification.'' (33:33)
"And whosoever honours the Symbols of Allah, then it is truly from the
piety of the heart.'' (22:32)
The following hadeeths clear out more
1) Yazid bin Haiyan reported: I went along with Husain bin Sabrah and `Amr bin
Muslim to Zaid bin Arqam (May Allah be pleased with them) and, as we sat by his
side, Husain said to him, "Zaid, you acquired great merits, you saw
Messenger of Allah (PBUH), listened to him talking, fought by his side in
(different) battles, and offered Salat (prayer) behind him. Zaid, you have
indeed earned great merits. Could you narrate to us what you heard from
Messenger of Allah (PBUH)?'' Zaid said, "By Allah! I have grown old and
have almost spent up my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I
remembered in connection with Messenger of Allah (PBUH), so accept what I
narrate to you, do not compel me to narrate what I fail to narrate". He
then said, "One day Messenger of Allah (PBUH) stood up to deliver a
Khutbah at a watering place known as Khumm between Makkah and Al-Madinah. He
praised Allah, extolled Him, and exhorted (us) and said,
`Amma Ba`du. O people, I am a human being. I am
about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Rubb and I will
respond to Allah's Call, but I am leaving with you two weighty things: the
first is the Book of Allah, in which there is right guidance and light, so hold
fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it.' He exhorted (us to hold fast) to
the Book of Allah and then said, `The second is the members of my household, I
remind you (to be kind) to the members of my family. I remind you (to be kind)
to the members of my family.
Husain said to Zaid, "Who are the members of his household, O Zaid? Aren't
his wives the members of his family?'' Thereupon Zaid said, "His wives are
the members of his family. (But here) the members of his family are those for
whom Zakat is forbidden". He asked, "Who are they?'' Zaid said,
"Ali and the offspring of `Ali, `Aqil and the offspring of `Aqil and the
offspring of Ja`far and the offspring of `Abbas.'' Husain asked, "For all
of them the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden?'' Zaid (May Allah be pleased with
him) said, "Yes".
[Muslim].
Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "I am leaving behind me two weighty things. One of them
is the Book of Allah; that is the strong rope of Allah. Whosoever holds firmly
to it, will be the guided, and whosoever leaves it goes astray".
2) Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "Show
reverence to Messenger of Allah (PBUH) by honouring the members of his
family.''[Al-Bukhari].
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