The Immense Love and Value of Ahl al Bayt in Sunni Tradition

Alhamduillahi  Allahu ta ‘ala has indeed bestowed His bounties and His Mercy in that He Subhanahu has guided us to the straight path, the path of certitude and the path of Love of His Beloved Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim. Moreover Allahu ta ‘ala has allowed us to be among those who have found the ultimate satisfaction.  We have been gathered here in this place at this time by invitation.  Everyone here has been brought here, has been compelled to come here as a special ni’mah [favor] of Allahu ta ‘ala.  We are here because of our special love for Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim and his beloved Family.  A family whose love is a requirement of Iman.

 About this ayatul karimah;

It is recorded in the Sunan of Saeed Ibn Mansoor from Saeed ibne Jubair that, the people whose love has been made obligatory in the Quranic ayat, “Say I do not ask for any recompense for this except the love of my nearest relatives”; are the nearest of the Holy Prophet (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim).

 Ibn Abi Hatim narrates from Ibne Abbas regarding the ayat of Quran: “...and whoever earns good,” Ibne Abbas said that it refers to those who love Aale Muhammad.” And it is narrated from Imam Hasan (Radhi Allahu ‘anhu) that he said, “earning of good is loving us Ahle Bayt (Ridhwaan Allahu alaihim ajma’een).” It is the honor achieved only through the love and attachment of the Ahle Bayt (Ridhwaan Allahu ta ’ala alaihim ajma’een)

Throughout Islamic history the Ulama ul Haqq have taught that love and respect of Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim and Ahlul Bayt Ridhwaan Allahu ta ‘ala alaihim ajma’een is a requirement of Iman.  Because of the anti-Ahlul Bayt propaganda of certain upstart modernist group, many Muslims young and old are confused as to the correct position one should take.  There was never need to defend loving Rasulullah Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim or Ahlul Bayt Ridhwaan Allahu ta ‘ala alaihim ajma’een.  There was never a need to defend respecting the beloved family or choosing allegiance with the descendants of the Best of Creation.

An Nabiy Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim is instructing us, warning us that there is no khair [good] in any of our actions, there is no honor until and unless we love and attach ourselves to Ahlul Bayt and the ‘Ulema and Awliyya of Ahlul Bayt Ridhwaan Allahu ta ‘ala ‘alaihim ajma’een.

THE LIGHT OF THE PROPHET

Nur al-Muhammadiyyah

Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim

Explanation of  Verse 26:219 God said to the Prophet (s): "Wa tawakkal `ala al-`azizi-r-rahim al-ladhi yaraka hina taqum wa taqallubaka fi-s-sajidin" (al-Shu`araa 26:217-219), "And rely on the Almighty, the Merciful, Who sees you when you rise up, and your descending (lit. "taking turns") among those who fall prostrate in worship." The literal translation of the last verse is that God sees the Prophet's various postures when he prays in congregation; but Ibn `Abbas and a number of commentators after him have seen in the verse a reference to the Prophet's descent through the loins of his ancestors, who were all pious worshippers and prophets.

The Prophet, Blessings and Peace be upon him, has referred to his "descent through the ancestors" in the following three hadiths:
- "I have been sent as a Prophet in the best of all the generations of Adam's offspring, generation after generation, until I came to be in the generation that I came to be" (Bukhari, Book of the Virtues and Merits of the Prophet and Companions).

- "I was cast into the clay of Adam and was the promise of my father Ibrahim and the good news of `Isa ibn Maryam" (Several chains in Ahmad 4:127-128, Bayhaqi in the Shu`ab #1385 and in Dala'il al-nubuwwa 1:83, 2:130 and Hakim, Dhahabi weakens it, but Qadi `Iyad cites it in the Shifa among his "sound and well-known traditions").
- "When God created Adam, He made me descend to the earth in his loins. He put me in the loins of Nuh in the Ark and cast me into the fire in the loins of Ibrahim. Then he continued to move me from noble loins to pure wombs until He brought me out from my parents. None of them ever met in fornication." (Ibn Abi `Umar al-`Adani relates in his 'Musnad', al-Tilimsani cites it, and Qadi `Iyad included it among his "sound and well-known traditions.")