because Allah has repeatedly accused the People of the Book of concealing the truth and covering it with falsehood[1], spoken of their fabricating lies against Him and their tampering with the Book[2], and warned against befriending them and following their religion[3]. Therefore, it is impossible that He would have commanded seeking knowledge from them. Rather, perhaps what He means by “remembrance” in this verse is His Prophet, just as He has explicitly called him “remembrance,” saying: ﴿قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْرًا ۝ رَسُولًا يَتْلُو عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ مُبَيِّنَاتٍ﴾[4]; “Allah has sent to you a remembrance: a Messenger who recites to you the illustrative verses of Allah.” Based on this, the “people of remembrance” are none other than the family of the Messenger of Allah , whose complete purity Allah has explicitly declared. The Messenger of Allah also emphatically insisted on the necessity of holding firmly to them alongside the Quran. This is the preferred view reported from Ali ibn Abi Talib[5] and Abu Ja‘far al-Baqir[6]. Yet, it appears that those raised in the Umayyad school prefer following Jews and Christians over following the Ahl al-Bayt of their Prophet, fleeing toward disbelief out of fear of Shiism! However, it is clear that following the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet is based on definitive statements from the Quran and the Sunnah. Therefore, Shiism is not viewed in the sense of a sect; rather, like performing prayer and paying Zakat, it is one of the requirements of the original and perfect Islam.