What Is the Interpretation of This Hadith?

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Reason of asking this question is that I’m reading a book (image is attached from that book) wherein the narration is mentioned about adherent of ‘Sunnah’. While searching online, came across a page on website saying “Tahrif” (distortion)" to this hadith. I’m confused about this hadith whether it is about adherent of Sunnah or about not giving ‘Zakat’?

Links of those page (sites) in listed at bottom.

The Book which I’m reading:

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Taken from another site:

**http://www.wilayat.net/index.php/en/projects/41-distortion-tehrif-in-sunni-books-project/52-tahrif-distortion-of-salafi-sheik-al-ghunayman-to-the-hadith-al-thaqalayn-which-is-mentioned-in-sahih-muslim

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=25&PID=4497

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It is hadees e saqlain that you are referring to and it is 'Kitaab Allah' and 'Ahlul Bayti' which is the version used through six sunni books of hadith. The other version with the word 'Sunnati' is not in 6 sahi sunni books and the chain for this version is single -as far I know- versus more than 15 chains for the 'Ahlul Bayti' version. I personally do not have issue with the 'Sunnati' version either as Prophet's family are the only true custodians of teachings of Rasool Allah.

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Respected brother lethal kamikazi - Assalama alaykum

This hadith is oft quoted in Shia sites to show that the Noble wives (May Allah Almighty be pleased with them all) of the Blessed Prophet (peace be upon him) are not part of Ahlel Bayt.

The hadith scanned by you (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 5923) is the abridged version.

Below I am quoting the fuller version of the same hadith:

*Yazid b. Hayyan reported, I went along with Husain b. Sabra and 'Umar b. Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to him: Zaid. you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) listened to his talk, fought by his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid, you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you heard from Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said: I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that.

He then said: One day Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up to deliver sermon at a watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and Medina. He praised Allah, extolled Him and delivered the sermon and. exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in response to Allah’s call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being 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 are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family.

He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren’t his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are they? Thereupon he 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 said: These are those for whom the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes. * 5920 Book 31 The Book Pertaining to the Merits of the Companions (Allah Be Pleased With Them) Saheeh Muslim.

You can see both ahadith in the following link:

from Sahih Muslim translated by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui - Hadith (Hadis) Books

You must take the note of the Hz. Zaid b. Arqam (ra) says:

  1. I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that.

  2. He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren’t his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden.

Please read the detailed discussion in the following link:

Ahlel Bayt » Articles » Half Hadith-ing (Zaid ibn Arqam)

I hope this helped you.

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:wsalam: Brother Ibn Sadique,

:jazak: & :lkk:

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Of course ... What else could it mean but to take care of the family?

it has been said before ... when a narration comes with the wording Qur'an and Sunnah ... It is in reference to following the guidance within ... When the narration comes with Qur'an and Ahl-ul-Bayt it is in the form of taking care of them ...

Since they cannot accept zakat, then it means certain things for them have to be done by way of business or gifts and rights to property ownership. This protects them from having to be busy in the world in its worldly affairs and allows them to continue being beacons of focus for the ummah.

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I was reading more on it and ran into this interesting website. It appears being a son / wife of a Prophet P.B.U.H. is not enough to get the merits of Ahleybait. The following two verses depict the time where Prophet Noah’s son refused to get on the boat and Prophet Noah prayed for him:

***And Noah Cried unto his Lord and said: “My Lord! Verily my son is of my family; and verily Your promise is true, and You are the most just of the judges.”

***He (Allah) said: "O Noah! Verily he is not of your family; Verily he is (of) conduct other than the righteous; Therefore do not ask what you have no knowledge about; Verily I advice you not to be of the ignorant ones.”(Qur’an 11:45-46)

***The above verses are explained below:

Prophet Noah (as) was pleading for his own son and the reply was that the lad was not worthy of being his son. It is made crystal clear by this verse that though one might be of the same blood and flesh, born through the same parents, but if the issue doesn’t possess the good qualities of the parents then he or she is not of his parents’ stock (as said in the second verse).
Noah had three other sons, Aam, Sam and Yafas who were believers and who with their wives entered the Ark and were saved and Kanan was Noah’s son by his OTHER wife who was a disbeliever and perished along with her son.
It can be concluded that if any one does not hold the goodness of the correct faith in Allah, be he the son of the Apostle, he is not to be of the stock of his parentage; His very birth through his own parents is denied to him, even the right to be on God’s earth is withdrawn from him, and he is to be destroyed.
Thus, even one is to be the son of a prophet of Allah, the lack of righteousness gets him disowned from the progeny (Itrat) of the apostolic family. It is for this reason that the term Ahlul-Bayt is restricted to the deserving members of the House of the Prophet and doesn’t cover all of those who are born from his blood. Ahlul-Bayt are only the individuals among Prophet’s descendants who also had close affinity in character and utmost spiritual attainment with Prophet (S).

The Word House (Ahlul-Bayt) in Qur

The website below, provides good information on who are Ahlul Bayt. I hope it helps.

Who Are Ahlul-Bayt? Part 1 | A Shi’ite Encyclopedia | Books on Islam and Muslims | Al-Islam.org

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Peace All,

:jazak: Khair all of you for yours valuable comments.

I was confused about that whether two heavy things narrated in hadith is: “Book of Almighty Allah” and "Sunnat-e-Rasool :saw2: or “Book of Almighty Allah” and “My Ahlul-Bayt” :hmmm:. Because in the book which I was reading, it is written that the ‘Ahlul-Bayt’ won’t do anything new which Prophet Muhammad :saw2: never did as because they strictly adhered the Sunnah or whatever they done, were based on Sunnah. Adding few more details:

**In another narration; Prophet Muhammad :saw2: 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”.

The commentator (From the Book of Miscellany "Kitab-al-Mukad’damaat) brings out the following points on this Hadith:

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  1. Prophet Muhammad :saw2: was a human being. He PBUH too was subject to the inevitable law of death.
  2. It stresses upon the establishment of a firm bond with the Book of Allah (the Qur’an) and lays emphasis on showing respect and honour to the members of the Prophet’s family PBUH.
  3. The members of the Prophet’s family PBUH are classified into two categories:

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*=2]Firstly, wives of Prophet Muhammad :saw2: or Mothers of the believers. This is established from the categorical Verses of the Noble Qur’an.
*=2]Secondly, persons who have close relationship with Prophet Muhammad :saw2:. They are Banu Hashim and Banu Abdul-Muttalib and include descendants of Ali, Aqil, Jafar, Abbas and Harith (May Allah be pleased with them). Sadaqah is unlawful for the latter category.

Also commentary from the book of 'Good Manners “Kitab Al-Adab**”: The Prophet :saw2: told his Companions r.a., with reference to his human nature that he too could not escape death because it was a grim reality. So He PBUH left his example to others with regard to making a will before death. The Hadith points out the desirability of giving good counsel to one’s family and friends, exhorting them to observe uprightness and establish Faith, upon parting either for a journey or while one is on deathbed**.

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It means what it says which is that the two weighty things are the source of Guidance.

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Sunni Palestinian scholar Adnan Ibrahim opens up about hadees e saqlain.

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Actually you can double the number of chains for hadith al Thaqalain to 30. This cornerstone hadith is mutawattir and present in all early collections of hadith.

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Peace Surdar Asif & Pagluu,

I, unable to grasp what you both are trying to say here. Plz explain. :hat: