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It is reported in some narrations that the above verse was revealed in the house of [[Umm Salama]], wife of the [[Holy Prophet (s)]]; and [['Ali (a)]], [[Fatima (a)]], [[al-Hasan (a)]], and [[al-Husayn (a)]] were there at the time of [[revelation]] of the verse. That time, the Holy Prophet (s) covered them with his Kisa' (cloak) on which he was sitting and then stretched his hands towards skies and said, "O God! These are my [[Ahl al-Bayt]]; clean them from any impurities!" Umm Salama asked the Holy Prophet (s) if she was including in the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the Holy Prophet (s) answered her, "you are among the Holy Prophet's (s) wives and you are on a good path."<ref>Al-Tirmidhi, ''Sunan al-Tirmidhi'', Vol.5, P.699; Ibn Babawayh, ''Ma'ani l-akhbar'', Vol.2, P.403</ref> | It is reported in some narrations that the above verse was revealed in the house of [[Umm Salama]], wife of the [[Holy Prophet (s)]]; and [['Ali (a)]], [[Fatima (a)]], [[al-Hasan (a)]], and [[al-Husayn (a)]] were there at the time of [[revelation]] of the verse. That time, the Holy Prophet (s) covered them with his Kisa' (cloak) on which he was sitting and then stretched his hands towards skies and said, "O God! These are my [[Ahl al-Bayt]]; clean them from any impurities!" Umm Salama asked the Holy Prophet (s) if she was including in the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the Holy Prophet (s) answered her, "you are among the Holy Prophet's (s) wives and you are on a good path."<ref>Al-Tirmidhi, ''Sunan al-Tirmidhi'', Vol.5, P.699; Ibn Babawayh, ''Ma'ani l-akhbar'', Vol.2, P.403</ref> | ||
== | ==Argument from the Verse== | ||
With regard to how Aya al-Tathir implies the purity of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], it is said that the word, "innamā" ({{ia|إِنَّما}}), denotes exclusiveness, as lexicographers have said. Thus, the verse shows that God exclusively wills to purify Ahl al-Bayt (a). Given Arabic grammar, the verse involves some other emphases as well. Moreover, "al-rijs" ({{ia|الرِجسَ}}) or impurity is used with a definite article (al-) and thus it connotes the generality of impurity, that is, it includes every kind of impurity, be it mental or practical, such as [[polytheism]], [[kufr]] (infidelity), [[nifaq]] (hypocrisy), ignorance, and sins. Thus, the verse rejects the existence of all these kinds of impurity in Ahl al-Bayt (a). | |||
== Meaning of Rijs == | == Meaning of Rijs == | ||