Surah al-Shu’rah Ayah 23: “Qul
La Asalukum Alaihe Ajran Illal Mawaddata Fil Qur’ba” (Muhammad), say, “I do not ask you for any
recompense for my preaching to you except (your) love of my (near) relatives.”
When Islam was firmly anchored in Madinah, the Ansars
came to the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) and offered financial help to him.
Thereupon the above Ayah of Mawaddah was revealed. Mawaddah is a deep,
respectful love. The hypocrites commented that it was not from Allah but he
(s.a.w.a.s) made it up. The Ayah 24 was promptly revealed saying: “Do they say that he (Muhammad) has
invented falsehood against Allah?” Some of the hypocrites felt guilty and
started crying. People tried in vain to interpret this Ayah differently to keep
the Ahlul Bayt away from the real intended Infallibles. The word “Qur’ba” has been used 15 times in the Glorious Qur’an meaning
near relatives in every case.
Love of Ahlul Bayt in
the light of the Prophetic Traditions:
1.
Ahmad
reported from Sa’eed bin Jubair from A’mir in the book Ahqaq al-Haq, the
companions asked about who were the
“Qur’ba”? He (s.a.w.a.s.) said:
“Ali, Fatima and their two sons.” He (s.a.w.a.s.) repeated 3 times.
2. In “Mustadrak Sahihain” Imam Zain al-Abedin
said that after the martyrdom of Imam Ali (a.s.), Imam Hasan (a.s.) addressing
the people, had said: “I belong to that family whose love has been made
obligatory in Ayah Mawaddah.”
3. Suyuti in Tafsir-e-Dur-e-Mansoor, Ibne Abbas
narrated that the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “Protect my right over you
and for my sake (respectfully) love them.”
4. Famous Sunni traditionalist Hakim Haskani
reported in “Shawahid-al Tanzil” through Abu Amama Bahili that the Noble
Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “Allah had created other Prophets by different
trees, but He created me and Ali from one tree. I am the root, Ali is the
branch, Fatima is the cause of its growth, Hasan and Husayn are the fruits and
our Shias are the leaves. If anyone prays between the Safa’ and Marwa for thousands
of years and become absolutely thin but if he does not have our love in his
heart, Allah will send him to Hell.
5. Zamakhshari in his Tafsir “Kashshaf” and
Allama Fakhr-ud-din Razi and Allama Qartabi in their tafsirs. This tradition
shows the status and the importance of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). The Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) said:
Whoever
dies with the love of Ale Muhammad in his heart dies as a martyr, his sins will be deleted, he dies with the perfect
faith, the angels of death will give him the good news of going to Paradise,
Munkir and Nakir in the
grave will greet him, he will be taken to Paradise respectfully like a bride is
taken to her groom’s house, two
doors will be opened two doors of Paradise in his grave, Allah will make his
grave pilgrimage site of angels
of mercy.
And
whoever dies with enmity of Ale Muhammad in his heart, will enter the plain of Qiymat with the wordings “This man
is disappointed of the Mercy of Allah, he will die as faithless (kafir) and he
will not even smell the scent of
Paradise.”
Allama Fakhr-ud-din Razi had reported the
above-mentioned tradition by the name of “Hadees Mursal Musallam” and further
said: “Ale Muhammad are Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn who had the strongest
bond with Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.)” He also narrated a tradition from
Zamakhshari in Kashshaf that when the above Ayah was revealed, the companions
asked the Prophet as to who were his near ones whose love had been made
obligatory on Muslims, the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “They are Ali,
Fatima and their two sons”
Allama Fakhr-ud-din Razi concluded his
tradition with the famous poetry of Imam Sha’fe’i (one of the Four Schools of
Sunni Muslim Jurisprudence): “If the person who loves Ale Muhammad is known as Ra'fzi, then let the
Jinn and Humans be witness that I am Rafzi”
Source
used:
The
Glorious Qur’an (Urdu Translation) Tafsir-e-Namoona by Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi
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