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==Argument from the Verse== | ==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" (Arabic: {{ia|إِنَّما}}), denotes exclusiveness, as lexicographers have stipulated. 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" (Arabic: {{ia|الرِجسَ}}) or impurity is used with a definite article (al-) and thus it connotes any type of impurity, be it mental or practical, such as [[polytheism]], [[kufr]] | With regard to how Aya al-Tathir implies the purity of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], it is said that the word, "innamā" (Arabic: {{ia|إِنَّما}}), denotes exclusiveness, as lexicographers have stipulated. 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" (Arabic: {{ia|الرِجسَ}}) or impurity is used with a definite article (al-) and thus it connotes any type of impurity, be it mental or practical, such as [[polytheism]], [[kufr|infidelity]], [[hypocrisy]], ignorance, and [[sins]]. Thus, the verse rejects the existence of all these kinds of impurity in Ahl al-Bayt (a).<ref>Rāḍī, ''Sabīl al-nijāt'', p. 7.</ref> | ||
== Meaning of Rijs == | == Meaning of Rijs == | ||
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== Members of Ahl al-Bayt == | == Members of Ahl al-Bayt == | ||
===Sunni View=== | ===Sunni View=== | ||
Commentators have different opinions on to whom the term [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] refer. Many companions of the [[Prophet (s)]] such as [[Anas b. Malik]], [[Abu Sa'id al-Khudri]], [[Umm Salama]], [[Aisha]], [[Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas]], [['Abd Allah b. Ja'far]], and [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]] have considered [['Ali (a)]], [[Fatima (a)]], [[al-Hasan (a)]], and [[al-Husayn (a)]] the only members of the Ahl al-Bayt (a). There are narrations from other [[Shi'a | Commentators have different opinions on to whom the term [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] refer. Many companions of the [[Prophet (s)]] such as [[Anas b. Malik]], [[Abu Sa'id al-Khudri]], [[Umm Salama]], [[Aisha]], [[Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas]], [['Abd Allah b. Ja'far]], and [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]] have considered [['Ali (a)]], [[Fatima (a)]], [[al-Hasan (a)]], and [[al-Husayn (a)]] the only members of the Ahl al-Bayt (a). There are narrations from other [[Imams of the Shi'a]] confirming this opinion.<ref>Ibn ʿAṭīyya, ''al-Muḥarrar al-wajīz'', vol. 13, p. 72; Ibn Kathīr, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 3, p. 799.</ref> | ||
Another opinion is that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) referred to the [[Wives of the Prophet (s)]] since the context of the verse is about them. Hadiths with such implications have been narrated from 'Ikrima mawla Ibn al-'Abbas and Muqatil b. Sulayman.<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 3, p. 798; Shawkānī, ''Fatḥ al-Qadīr'', vol. 4, p. 278.</ref> | Another opinion is that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) referred to the [[Wives of the Prophet (s)]] since the context of the verse is about them. Hadiths with such implications have been narrated from 'Ikrima mawla Ibn al-'Abbas and Muqatil b. Sulayman.<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 3, p. 798; Shawkānī, ''Fatḥ al-Qadīr'', vol. 4, p. 278.</ref> | ||
A third opinion attributed to [[Zayd b. Arqam]], the companion of the Prophet (s), suggests that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) are those whom are prohibited by [[God]] to receive [[zakat]] and they are relatives of the Prophet (s) including Al 'Ali, Al 'Aqil and Al Ja'far and by Tathir in the verse under discussion, clearing them from reception of [[sadaqa]] | A third opinion attributed to [[Zayd b. Arqam]], the companion of the Prophet (s), suggests that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) are those whom are prohibited by [[God]] to receive [[zakat]] and they are relatives of the Prophet (s) including Al 'Ali, Al 'Aqil and Al Ja'far and by Tathir in the verse under discussion, clearing them from reception of [[sadaqa]] (charity) and zakat is meant.<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 3, p. 799; Shukānī, ''Fatḥ al-Qadīr'', vol. 4, p. 278; Muslim, ''Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim'', vol. 2, p. 1874.</ref> | ||
There are different traditions in the ''Musnad Ahmad b. Hanbal'', all of which refer to the fact that the Prophet (s) had mentioned Fatima (a), her husband (a), and her two sons as the reference for al-Tathir verse.<ref>Ibn Ḥanbal, ''Musnad Ibn Ḥanbal'', vol. 1, p. 331; vol. 4, p. 107; vol. 6, p. 292.</ref> He also narrates in ''Fada'il al-sahaba'' | There are different traditions in the ''Musnad Ahmad b. Hanbal'', all of which refer to the fact that the Prophet (s) had mentioned Fatima (a), her husband (a), and her two sons as the reference for al-Tathir verse.<ref>Ibn Ḥanbal, ''Musnad Ibn Ḥanbal'', vol. 1, p. 331; vol. 4, p. 107; vol. 6, p. 292.</ref> He also narrates in ''Fada'il al-sahaba'' | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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*Ṭabrisī, Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-. ''Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān''. Edited by Hāshim Rasūlī Maḥallātī. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Aʿlamī, [n.d]. | *Ṭabrisī, Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-. ''Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān''. Edited by Hāshim Rasūlī Maḥallātī. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Aʿlamī, [n.d]. | ||
*Tirmidhī, Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-. ''Sunan al-Tirmidhī''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ʿAbd al-Laṭīf. Second edition. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1403 AH. | *Tirmidhī, Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-. ''Sunan al-Tirmidhī''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ʿAbd al-Laṭīf. Second edition. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1403 AH. | ||
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