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The Sunni normally include Muhammad's wives and widows in the Ahl al-Bayt, interpreting ]:33 as supporting this view (cf., for example, ''Tafsir ]''.) Some vacillation on this point is observable in the hadith collections generally accepted by Sunnis: thus ] Book 31, No. quotes ] as saying that his wives are Ahl al-Bayt in general (though not in the context of Muhammad's speech at Khumm), while quotes him as saying that they are not. | The Sunni normally include Muhammad's wives and widows in the Ahl al-Bayt, interpreting ]:33 as supporting this view (cf., for example, ''Tafsir ]''.) Some vacillation on this point is observable in the hadith collections generally accepted by Sunnis: thus ] Book 31, No. quotes ] as saying that his wives are Ahl al-Bayt in general (though not in the context of Muhammad's speech at Khumm), while quotes him as saying that they are not. | ||
In the Arabic Language ] means literally ( the inhabitanys of the household). This difinition usually include wives, children, servants, an example is Household of Abraham ( when God promised Abraham that he will increase his decendents to fill the earth, Abraham answered The Holy Spirit " That Eleazar is before you", where Eleazar was the adopted servant of Abraham). | |||
But in Islam Ahl Al Bait of Muhammad is only mentioned one time in The Tathir Verse, where God reprements the wives of the Prophet for not being extra conservative in their dealings with strangers in and around the HOUSE of the prophet, God concluded the verse that he wants them to take extra care so that God may cleanse them from Impurities. | |||
Since the Quran came to Muhammad in peices of several verses each in relation and after a specific incident, a one verse could not be divided in two parts where the first part came for an incident and the second part came for a different incident). | |||
While Ahl ( meaning family) word came in several hadith, the other term (Ahl Al Bait) of the Prophet never came in any reliable hadith. | |||
It is more likely that later Persian shia scholars ( who were not versed in Arabic) confused the term 'Ahl Al Bait' with the term used in ] in relation to the Bloodline of the ]. | |||
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Ahl al-Bayt |
Ahl al-Bayt (Arabic: أهل البيت ) is a phrase meaning People of the House, or family. In the Islamic tradition it refers to the household of the prophet Muhammad and his progeny through his daughter Fatima Zahra's marriage with his cousin Ali; their sons Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali were Muhammad's grandsons.
Followers of Shi'a Islam believe that the Shi'a imamate descended through the Ahl al-Bayt.
Controversy
Sunni
The Sunni normally include Muhammad's wives and widows in the Ahl al-Bayt, interpreting Al-Ahzab:33 as supporting this view (cf., for example, Tafsir Ibn Kathir.) Some vacillation on this point is observable in the hadith collections generally accepted by Sunnis: thus Sahih Muslim Book 31, No. 5920 quotes Zaid ibn Arqam as saying that his wives are Ahl al-Bayt in general (though not in the context of Muhammad's speech at Khumm), while 5923 quotes him as saying that they are not. In the Arabic Language Ahl Bait means literally ( the inhabitanys of the household). This difinition usually include wives, children, servants, an example is Household of Abraham ( when God promised Abraham that he will increase his decendents to fill the earth, Abraham answered The Holy Spirit " That Eleazar is before you", where Eleazar was the adopted servant of Abraham). But in Islam Ahl Al Bait of Muhammad is only mentioned one time in The Tathir Verse, where God reprements the wives of the Prophet for not being extra conservative in their dealings with strangers in and around the HOUSE of the prophet, God concluded the verse that he wants them to take extra care so that God may cleanse them from Impurities. Since the Quran came to Muhammad in peices of several verses each in relation and after a specific incident, a one verse could not be divided in two parts where the first part came for an incident and the second part came for a different incident). While Ahl ( meaning family) word came in several hadith, the other term (Ahl Al Bait) of the Prophet never came in any reliable hadith. It is more likely that later Persian shia scholars ( who were not versed in Arabic) confused the term 'Ahl Al Bait' with the term used in Persia in relation to the Bloodline of the kings of persia.
Shia
Shia view the general meaning of "Ahl al-Bayt" as "people of the house" or "my family" and believe that in an Islamic context it refers to "Ali, Fatimah, Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn ibn Ali and their progeny and none else" in the same way zakat generally means "making pure," but when used as an Islamic term it means "giving alms". The Shi'a argue Ali, Fatima, and their children were singled out because they were free from sin and showed perfect faith in Islam. The Shi'a cite the Event of the Cloak hadith as proof that Muhammad claimed his daughter's family as his own and excluded his wives.
The Shi'a further argue that Muhammad's wives and widows demonstrated their unfitness to be part of the "Ahl al-Bayt" through their bad behavior. They point to stories of jealousy and wrangling among the wives, to Aisha's jealousy of Fatima, and to Aisha's raising and leading an army against Ali (see Battle of Basra.