40 Ahadith Expounding the Virtues of the Ahlul Bayt

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents In the name of Allah, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful   Introduction All praise is for Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala who has favoured this ummah by way of the pure Ahlul Bayt and afforded them a distinction of the Master of those long-gone and those yet to come salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. I praise Him with complete devotion and thank Him […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents The First Narration Wathilah ibn al Asqa’ radiya Llahu ‘anhu reports that he heard Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam saying:   إن الله اصطفى كنانة من ولد إسماعيل ، واصطفى قريشا من كنانة ، واصطفى من قريش بني هاشم ، واصطفاني من بني هاشم I heard Allah’s Messenger salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinanah from amongst the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents The Second Narration Abu Hurairah radiya Llahu ‘anhu reports that Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:   أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة وأول من ينشق عنه القبر وأول شافع وأول مشفع I shall be leader amongst the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, I will be the first whose grave will open, I will be the first intercessor, and the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents The Third Narration Aisha radiya Llahu ‘anha says:   خرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم غداة وعليه مرط مرحل من شعر أسود، فجاء الحسن بن علي فأدخله، ثم جاء الحسين فدخل معه، ثم جاءت فاطمة فأدخلها، ثم جاء علي فأدخله ثم قال: (إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا‏) The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam went out one morning wearing […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents The Fourth Narration Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas radiya Llahu ‘anhu narrates:   لما نزلت هذه الآية: (فقل تعالوا ندع أبناءنا وأبناءكم‏‏) دعا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عليا وفاطمة وحسنا وحسينا فقال: اللهم هؤلاء أهلي When the verse was revealed Say, “Come, let us call our sons and your sons…”[1] The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam called ‘Ali, Fatimah, Hassan, and Hussain […]