and surely brothers, nephews , uncles as well. i.e blood relations. They are primarily Ahlulbayt , everyone else comes afterwards and they are the ones on whom alms is forbidden.
Respected brother** Das Reich **You responded to my post.
My saying:
‘alqurba’ is a larger group and includes all that were near and dear to him – Surely includes wives, father in laws.
It was quite deliberate that I mentioned wives and father in laws.
Historically Shia have inherent problem with Hz.Abu Bakr, Hz. Umar,(both father in laws) Lady Ayeisha and Lady Hafsa (both wives) [May Allah be pleased with all].
No Shia worth his salt will ever agree to include Lady Ayeisha and Lady Hafsa [May Allah be pleased with both] in Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet (saw).
Similarly do think Shia will agree to include Hz.Abu Bakr, Hz. Umar [May Allah be pleased with both] in the qurba of the Prophet (saw)!
In my humble opinion Lady Khadijah (ra) deserves to mentioned as the first person of Ahlul Bayt for her loyalty, unwavering financial and moral support to the Prophet (saw)
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It surprises me why our Shia brothers/sisters ignore her keeping in mind that she is the mother of Lady Fatimah (ra)!!!
I am sure they want to but can’t because if they include her in the Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet (saw) as a wife, it opens the door to include Lady Ayeisha and Lady Hafsa [May Allah be pleased with both] and that’s the crux the whole matter of leaving the wives out of Ahlul Bayt!!!! [This is my opinion – I could be wrong].
There is textual evidence to include wives, Hz. Fatimah, Hz. Ali, Hz. Hassan and Hz. Hussein (may Allah be pleased with them all) among the AhulBayt.
What authentic textual evidence do the Shias have to inclulde the other Imams (raa)?