Hashemi Khorasani, Mansoor, Return to Islam, p271

[p85]: ﴿يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 9); “They want to deceive God and those who believe in, while they deceive no one other than themselves and they do not know”[p190]: ﴿يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 9); “They deceive God and those who believe in, while they do not deceive anyone but themselves and they do not understand”[p95]: ﴿صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 18); “They are deaf and dumb and blind, therefore they will not return!”[p238]: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 21); “O’ you the people”[p101]: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ۚ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا ۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 26); “God is not ashamed to bring a mosquito or beyond, as an example. But those who have faith know that this is the truth from their Lord and those who are unbelievers will say, what was God’s intention from this example?! He will guide many and misguide many with that, and He will not misguide any unless the sinners.”[p307]: ﴿هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 29); “He is the one who have created for you whatever is on the earth and then He processed the heaven and made it seven heavens and He is the one who knows everything”[p127]: ﴿إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 30); “I set a Caliph on the earth”[p137]: ﴿إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 30); “Indeed I set a successor on the earth”[p312]: ﴿إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 30); “Indeed I will always set a Caliph on the earth”[p225]: ﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 34); “And when we said to the angels to prostrate to Adam, therefore they prostrated to him”[p299]: ﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 34); “And when we told angels to prostrate to Adam, therefore they prostrated all, except Satan who refused to do that and acted arrogantly and he was among unbelievers”[p184]: ﴿فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 38); “Therefore, whenever a guide came to you from Me, everyone who follows My guide, neither will have any fear, nor will be sad”[p342]: ﴿وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 42); “Do not cover the truth with wrong, nor conceal the truth while you know.”[p320]: ﴿وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 43); “And bow with the all other bowers”[p323]: ﴿وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ۚ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 43); “And perform prayer and pay Zakat”[p194]: ﴿وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 45); “And it is indeed hard unless for the humbles”[p42]: ﴿وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 78); “And some of them are illiterate people who regard religion nothing but dreams and do nothing but conjecture!”[p169]: ﴿فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 79); “So Woe to those who write the book with their own hands, then say that this is from God, in order to gain through it, a low price, so Woe to them of what their hands wrote and of what they gain.”[p125]: ﴿أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 85); “Do you believe in some part of holy book and disbelieve in other part of it?! What is the punishment for one who does such a thing, other than abjection in the worldly life and that in the resurrection day will be returned to the severest punishment and God is not unaware of what you do!”[p197]: ﴿أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ ۗ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 85); “Do you believe in some part of holy book and disbelieve in other part of it?! Therefore the punishment for anyone of you who does that, is nothing but abjection in worldly life and to be returned to the severest punishment in resurrection day?!”[p81]: ﴿أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 87); “Whenever a messenger brought you something which your souls do not approve, you were arrogant, so you denied some of them and killed others?!”[p64]: ﴿فَقَلِيلًا مَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 88); “And they are too few who believe.”[p83]: ﴿وَكَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ ۚ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 89); “And they used to seek triumph over people who became infidel, but when they received what they have known before, they denied him; therefore may God curse the unbelievers!”[p316]: ﴿مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِلَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 98); “So any person who is the enemy of God and His angels and the prophets and Gabriel and Michael, God is the enemy of infidels!”[p289]: ﴿وَمَا هُمْ بِضَارِّينَ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ﴾ (Al-Baqarah/ 102); “And they are not harmful toward anyone, except through God’s permission”

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Wathilah ibn al-Asqa‘[1], Abdullah ibn Ja‘far[2], Zayd ibn Arqam[3], Bara’ ibn Azib[4], Umar ibn Abi Salamah[5], Jabir ibn Abdullah[6], Abu Hurairah[7], Abu Hamra’[8], Abu Barzah[9], Umm Salamah[10], Aisha[11], and others—to dozens of their followers, and through them to hundreds of Muslims. Many scholars of hadith and Quranic exegesis have claimed a consensus on the authenticity of these reports[12]. Therefore, the purity of these four individuals from any form of rijs, their inseparability from the Book of Allah, and, accordingly, the obligation for Muslims to obey and show affection to them are certain.

↑[1] . Musannaf of ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 6, p. 370; Fada’il al-Sahabah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol. 2, pp. 577, 632, and 672; Musnad of Abi Ya‘la, vol. 13, p. 471; Tafsir al-Tabari, vol. 20, p. 264; Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by al-Tahawi, vol. 2, p. 245; Tafsir ibn Abi Hatim, vol. 9, p. 3132; Sahih of ibn Hibban, vol. 4, p. 217; al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, vol. 3, p. 55; al-Asami Wa al-Kuna by Abu Ahmad al-Hakim, vol. 1, p. 317; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 2, p. 451, vol. 3, p. 159

↑[2] . Musnad of al-Bazzar, vol. 6, p. 210; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 159; Tafsir al-Tha‘labi, vol. 8, p. 43

↑[3] . Musnad of ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 1, p. 355; Sunan of ibn Majah, vol. 1, p. 52; Sunan of al-Tirmidhi, vol. 5, p. 699; Musnad of al-Bazzar, vol. 10, p. 228; al-Kuna Wa al-Asma’ by al-Dulabi, vol. 3, p. 1167; Amali al-Mahamili (narrated by ibn Yahya al-Bay‘), p. 447; al-Nasikh Wa al-Mansukh by al-Nahhas, p. 387; al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat by al-Tabarani, vol.3, p. 179, vol.5, p.182; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 161

↑[4] . Al-Kamil by ibn Adi, vol. 7, p. 435; Shawahid al-Tanzil by al-Hakim al-Haskani, vol. 2, pp. 26 and 27; al-Ahadith al-Suba‘iyat al-Alf by al-Shahhami, p. 78; History of Damascus by ibn Asakir, vol. 42, p. 368

↑[5] . Sunan of al-Tirmidhi, vol. 5, pp. 351 and 699; Tafsir al-Tabari, vol. 20, p. 266; Mu‘jam al-Sahabah by al-Baghawi, vol. 4, p. 319; Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by al-Tahawi, vol. 2, p. 243; al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, vol. 9, p. 26

↑[6] . Al-Sharia by al-Ajurri, vol. 5, p. 2201; Dala’il al-Nubuwwah by Abi Nu‘aym al-Asbahani, p. 353; Asbab al-Nuzul by al-Wahidi, p. 108; Shawahid al-Tanzil by al-Hakim al-Haskani, vol. 2, pp. 28 and 29

↑[7] . Fada’il al-Sahabah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol. 2, p. 767; al-Sharia by Al-Ajurri, vol. 4, p. 2054; al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, vol. 3, p. 40; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 161

↑[8] . Tafsir Yahya ibn Salam, vol. 2, p. 717; Musnad of ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 2, p. 233; al-Muntakab Min Musnad Abd ibn Humayd, p. 173; al-Tarikh al-Kabir by al-Bukhari, vol. 11, p. 83; Tafsir al-Tabari, vol. 20, p. 264; Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by al-Tahawi, vol. 2, p. 248; al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, vol. 3, p. 56; al-Kamil by ibn Adi, vol. 8, p. 329; al-Asami Wa al-Kuna by Abu Ahmad al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 80; Ma‘rifah al-Sahabah by Abu Nu‘aym al-Asbahani, vol. 5, p. 2870

↑[9] . Majma‘ al-Zawa’id by al-Haythami, vol. 9, p. 169

↑[10] . Musannaf of ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 6, p. 370; Musnad of Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, vol. 4, p. 108; Musnad of Ahmad, vol. 44, pp. 118, 161, and 173; al-Tarikh al-Kabir by ibn Abi Khaythamah (second book), vol 2, p. 718; Sunan of al-Tirmidhi, vol. 5, p. 699; Musnad of Abi Ya‘la, vol. 12, p. 313; al-Dhurriyyah al-Tahirah by al-Dulabi, p. 107; Tafsir al-Tabari, vol. 20, p. 263; Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by al-Tahawi, vol. 2, p. 236; Mu‘jam of ibn al-A‘rabi, vol. 2, p. 743; al-Fawa’id al-Shahir Bil-Ghilaniyyat by Abu Bakr al-Shafi‘i, vol. 1, p. 264; al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, vol. 3, pp. 53-54; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 2, p. 451; al-Sunan al-Kubra by al-Bayhaqi, vol. 2, p. 214

↑[11] . Musannaf of ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 6, p. 370; Musnad of Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, vol. 3, p. 678; Sahih of Muslim, vol. 7, p. 130; Tafsir al-Tabari, vol. 20, p. 263; Tafsir ibn Abi Hatim, vol. 9, p. 3129; Juz’ Abi Abdullah al-Attar, p. 70; al-Sharia by al-Ajurri, vol. 5, p. 2206; al-Mustadrak Ala al-Sahihain by al-Hakim, vol. 3, p. 159; al-Sunan al-Kubra by al-Bayhaqi, vol. 2, p. 213

↑[12] . As al-Razi (d. 606 AH) has said: “Know that the authenticity of this narration is agreed upon among the scholars of tafsir and hadith” (Tafsir al-Razi, vol. 8, p. 247), and ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH) has said: “There is no disagreement among Muslims about the fact that Ali ibn Abi Talib is one of the Ahl al-Bayt, and this is more obvious to Muslims than to even require evidence. Rather, he is the best of the Ahl al-Bayt and the best of the Banu Hashim after the Prophet (SAW). And it has been authentically reported from the Prophet (SAW) that he placed his cloak over Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husain, and then said: «اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا»; ‘O Allah! These are my Ahl al-Bayt, so remove impurity from them, and make them completely pure’” (Majmu‘ al-Fatawi by ibn Taymiyyah, vol. 4, p. 496), and Abu Bakr al-Hadrami (d. 1341 AH) has said: “What the majority of scholars have affirmed, what the great imams have decisively upheld, what proofs have established, and what pieces of evidence have supported is that the Ahl al-Bayt intended in the verse are our master Ali, Fatimah, and their two sons” (Rashfah al-Sadi Min Bahr Fada’il Bani al-Nabi al-Hadi by al-Hadrami, p. 23). After investigation and clarification, he has also said: “The Ummah has reached consensus on this, so there is no need to prolong the reasoning for it” (ibid., p. 40).

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