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In the hadiths of Imams (a), Ahl al-Bayt has been mentioned in three different usages: | In the hadiths of Imams (a), Ahl al-Bayt has been mentioned in three different usages: | ||
# General usage which includes true believers as [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] says, "Anyone who is pious and righteous is one of us the Ahl al-Bayt (a)."<ref>Nu'man b. Muhammad, ''Da'a'im al-Islam'', vol.1 p.62</ref> Imam (a) mentions two [[verse]]s of the [[Qur'an]] as the evidences of his statement, "Any of you who allies with them is indeed one of them." (Qur'an 5:51){{enote|{{|وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِنكُم فَإِنَّهُ مِنهُم}}}} and "So whoever follows me indeed belongs to me." (Qur'an 14:36){{enote|{{ia|فَمَن تَبِعَني فَإِنَّهُ مِنّي}}}} | # General usage which includes true believers as [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] says, "Anyone who is pious and righteous is one of us the Ahl al-Bayt (a)."<ref>Nu'man b. Muhammad, ''Da'a'im al-Islam'', vol.1 p.62</ref> Imam (a) mentions two [[verse]]s of the [[Qur'an]] as the evidences of his statement, "Any of you who allies with them is indeed one of them." (Qur'an 5:51){{enote|{{ia|وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِنكُم فَإِنَّهُ مِنهُم}}}} and "So whoever follows me indeed belongs to me." (Qur'an 14:36){{enote|{{ia|فَمَن تَبِعَني فَإِنَّهُ مِنّي}}}} | ||
# The special usage of that is about the family of [[the Prophet (s)]] as Imam 'Ali (a) said, "whenever the war with enemies of [[Islam]] became difficult and people avoided fighting, the Prophet (s) would send his Ahl al-Bayt (a) to battle, so that [['Ubayda b. Harith]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Badr]], [[Hamza]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Uhud]], and [[Ja'far al-Tayyar]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Mu'ta]]."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', letter. 9</ref> | # The special usage of that is about the family of [[the Prophet (s)]] as Imam 'Ali (a) said, "whenever the war with enemies of [[Islam]] became difficult and people avoided fighting, the Prophet (s) would send his Ahl al-Bayt (a) to battle, so that [['Ubayda b. Harith]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Badr]], [[Hamza]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Uhud]], and [[Ja'far al-Tayyar]] was martyred in the [[Battle of Mu'ta]]."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', letter. 9</ref> | ||
# The very special usage of Ahl al-Bayt in Imams' (a) [[hadith]] refers to those relatives of the Prophet (s) who had special position and their speech and behavior makes the standard and guide to the truth. Imam 'Ali (a) says, "Look at the Ahl al-Bayt (a) of the Prophet (s) and adhere to their direction and follow them, since they never distract you from the path of guidance nor lead you back to ignorance. Do not walk ahead of them lest you may go astray, and do not stay far behind them so that you would perish."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', sermon. 97</ref> Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) addressed the people of Iraq and said, "We are the Ahl al-Bayt (a) about whom God revealed the al-Tathir verse."<ref>Ibn Kathir, ''Tafsir'', vol.5 p.458</ref> There are many traditions about this. | # The very special usage of Ahl al-Bayt in Imams' (a) [[hadith]] refers to those relatives of the Prophet (s) who had special position and their speech and behavior makes the standard and guide to the truth. Imam 'Ali (a) says, "Look at the Ahl al-Bayt (a) of the Prophet (s) and adhere to their direction and follow them, since they never distract you from the path of guidance nor lead you back to ignorance. Do not walk ahead of them lest you may go astray, and do not stay far behind them so that you would perish."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', sermon. 97</ref> Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) addressed the people of Iraq and said, "We are the Ahl al-Bayt (a) about whom God revealed the al-Tathir verse."<ref>Ibn Kathir, ''Tafsir'', vol.5 p.458</ref> There are many traditions about this. | ||