Ahl Al Bait

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Re: Ahl Al Bait

@automne77

Salam all,

**Just wondering that Shias, Ismailis keep talking about the Ahl al Bait. And in it they say are Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima, Hazrat Hasan and Hazrat Hussain. (Radhi Allahu taa’ala unhum)… **

Hazrat Fatima was not the only daughter of Rasool Allah (Sallalahu alaiheewasallam) so then why are they only considered the family of Rasool… **why not his other daughters ?
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and if the argument is that she married Hazrat Ali and he was of the same family as Rasool Allah (Sallalahu alaiheewasallam) weren’t their other cousins of Rasool Allah (Sallalahu alaiheewasallam).

I’ll answer your question with quotes of the Prophet himself. And you can choose to argue against them if you so wish.

**Who are included in the Ahlul Bait?

**It has been shown that the Family of the Prophet (s) – interchangeably referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt, ‘Itrah and Aal - included his daughter Fatima al-Zahra’, her husband Imam ‘Ali, and their children Imams al-Hasan and al-Husayn (‘a).

The members of this Family of five, with the Prophet Muhammad (s) at its head, were the ones alive at the time the Qur’anic verses regarding their virtue were being revealed to the Prophet (s). However, nine other Imams from the descendants of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) are also in this chosen Family, the final one being Imam al-Mahdi (‘a).

When the verse

“(O Muhammad) Say, ‘I do not ask for any reward for this (bringing of Allah’s message) except the love for the near kinship.’” (42:23)

was revealed, muslims asked the Prophet (SAW)

“Who are these near kin of yours whose love is obligatory upon us?”

He replied :

“'Ali, Fatima, and their two sons.”

**REFERENCES : **
alHakim alNaysaburi, alMustadrak `ala al-Sahihayn, volume 2, page 444
al-Qastallani, Irshad al-Sari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 7, page 331
al-Suyuti, al-Durr al-Manthur, volume 6, pages 6-7
al-Alusi al-Baghdadi, Ruh al-Ma’ani, volume 25, pages 31-2

When the verse was revealed,

“But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars.” (3:61)

the Prophet (s) called ‘Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan and al-Husayn and said:

O Allah, these are my Family (Ahli)’.

**REFERENCES:
**Muslim, al-Sahih, (English translation), book 031, number 5915
alHakim alNaysaburi, alMustadrak `ala al-Sahihayn, volume 3, page 150. He states that it is sahih in accordance with the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 7, page 60
al-Tirmidhi, al-Sahih, kitab al-manaqib, volume 5, page 596
Ahmad b. Hanbal, al-Musnad, volume 1, page 185
al-Suyuti, History of Khalifas Who Took The Right Way, (London, 1995), page 176