Couple of modern day scholars like ibn utheymeen and albani say the aal of Muhammad (saw) includes the righteous scholars and sincere muslims. When we say aal of prophet muhammad (saw) it means ahlul bayt. Since we have 2 reports regarding stirctly adhering to ***Quran and sunnah*** and ***Quran and ahlul bayt***. Does the report adhere to Quran and ahlul bayt ***EXPLAINS*** adhere to Quran and sunnah. hence ultimately the main question ***Do any scholars opine sunnah reports explain other sunnah reports***?

Why has Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan who clearly did not follow the path of Rasulullah and the 4 rightly guided Caliphs in his reign, did many Haram things openly and named his successor his son Yazid unlawfully (which later resulted in the murder of Ahl ul Bayt and the Battle of Harra in Madinah) find a high status in the Sunni school of thought. Are most people ignorant of his doings or they think that he was forgiven?

Assalamualiukum. I understand that zakat cannot be family of Prophet (pbuh) / SYEDs. Currently, we are in the emergency situation of COVID19 where humanity is dying of hunger, so in this desperate situation can we give zakat to them ? Jazakallah khair

I tried to search online but I was not able to find answers. I want to know if our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu'alayhiwassalam) had a third grandson whose name was Muhsin Ibn Ali (Radhi'allahu'anhu), according to authentic Sunni sources. **Is Muhsin Ibn Ali (Radhi'allahu'anhu) considered a grandson of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu'alayhiwassalam) by Sunnis?**

Qasim, Abdullah were born to Khadijah from loins of Prophet, Ibrahim to Maryam, prophets slave. Muhsin was third son of Fatima and Ali. My question is Hassan, Hussain are taken as imams, why arent Qasim or abdullah or muhsin not considered among imams? Google search isnt giving anything. If the 12 imams are given thrones in hereafter, why arent the above 4 given thrones?

I read in ibn al jawzis work talbis iblis that Shiism believes Fatima washed herself before her death so that it would suffice for funeral wash. (Page 177 English translation) Is this narration correct, if its correct how does it take care of any discharges from anus and private part post death? Secondly how does she know shes going to die in few minutes or hours? Doesn't this contradict Shia view of imams only being inheritors of knowledge?

"Ahl" is a accusative masculine noun. In Arabic, it covers several meanings. It begins with Husband and wife. And if they have children, they become part of the "Ahl." "Bayt" is genitive masculine noun and in Arabic it means lodging, household, family, or a place of dwelling. In the Quran Surah Hud 11:73, the Angels called Abraham and his wife "Ahlul Bayt." In Surah al-Ahzab 33:33 Allah says the same. So, there's no doubt, according to the Quran and the Arabic language; the husband, his wives, and his children are "Ahlul Bayt." However, I was surprised to read that both Shi'as and Sunnis extend the label "Ahlul Bayt" to others also. **Who do Shi'as consider to be from Ahlul Bayt and why?** If posting any hadith, please provide why do you consider the hadith authentic. Thanks.

The following sermon from Ali ibn Abi Talib can be found in Nahj-ul-Balagha as well as in Tarikh al-Tabari. > **فإِنَّ الغَايَةَ أَمَامَكُمْ، وَإِنَّ وَرَاءَكُمُ السَّاعَةَ تَحْدُوكُمْ تَخَفَّفُوا تَلْحَقوا، فَإنَّمَا يُنْتَظَرُ بِأوَّلِكُمْ آخِرُكُمْ .** > > > Your aim (reward or punishment) is before you. Behind your back is the > hour (of resurrection) which is driving you on. Keep (yourself) light > and overtake (the forward ones). Your last ones are being awaited by > the first ones (who have preceded). [Sermon 21] It is said that Ali's saying "Keep light and overtake" in this sermon is the shortest expression with the deepest meaning. As I understand the first part of it - "keep light" - obviously refering to reduce attachment to material world and restrain from accumulating items/wealth, I am not sure about the second part -"overtake"- and the last sentence of the sermon. Answer with references would be much appreciated.

Someone asked me why Fatimah passed away in just 90 days or less after her father passed away: > How did she die... my friend said she died naturally but I said she died > due to an accident behind the door? *I am looking for a Shi'ite perspective.*

I posted a question earlier and I got a reply that states a part of a Hadith: https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/14585/why-do-shia-care-about-hussin-and-not-hasan > Then the Lord, Almighty Allah said :"O My angels! O Residents of My > Heavens, verily, I have not created the erected Sky, the stretched > earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the > flowing seas and the sailing ships, but for the love of these Five > lying underneath the cloak What does this hadith mean me? Does it mean that God created the sky, moon, sun... etc. because he loves the Five?

If Hussain is Imam, and Ali is also imam what is the status of Hussain when Ali is imam? Searching Google isnt helping in anyway. I'm asking this because , one of the members commented that muhsin bin ali died as infant when prophet was alive. Edit: I'm editing this after the first answer, was hussain at alis imamate 1. Ordinary shia only. 2. Son of Imam only. 3. Impending imam. 4. Ordinary sunni. 5. Companion of prophet only.

I was always under the impression that the Prophet's (sas) family is considered Ahle Bayt ("People of the House") which means His wives and children, but I found that my Shia friends consider the Ahle Bayt only 1. Hazrat Fatimah (r.a.) 2. Hazrat Ali (r.a.) 3. Hazrat Hassan (r.a.) 4. Hazrat Hussain (r.a.) I asked them: Why do you consider the above persons only as the Ahle Bayt? Why do you not consider the Prophet's (sas) other daughter's and their children as Ahle Bayt? They said that the Prophet (sas) brought only these 4 persons under his cloak and called them his Ahle Bayt. Then I asked them: Why do you not consider the children of Hazrat Hassan's (r.a.) children as Ahle Bayt? But they did not have an answer. I think all the children of the Prophet (sas) are Ahle Bayt.

To the Shi’a, the Ahlul-Bayt of the Prophet (S) consist of the following individuals ONLY: • Fatimah al-Zahra (sa), • Imam ‘Ali (as), • Imam al-Hasan (as), • Imam al-Husayn (as), • Nine descendants of Imam al-Husayn (as) Reference : https://www.al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia-ahlul-bayt-dilp-team/who-are-ahlul-bayt-part-1 Question: why don't we have a single descendant of Hassan among the 12 imams

Family members like Wives and childrens of prophet Muhammad are of ahlul byt. Then who is the first woman of ahlul byt (who accepted Islam)?

> ***Muhammad is not the father** of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah , of all things, Knowing. - (Qur'an 33:40 )* But, in the same Surah, > *The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and **his wives are [in the position of] their mothers**..... - (Qur'an 33:6 )* What could be the reason for this?

Islam doesn't believe in racism or superiority of one caste over the other one. But according to majority of the scholars, Syeds (descendants of Prophet S.A.W's family) do not take zakaat because of the following reason : **According to the meaning of one Hadith, Zakat is like the filth taken off the wealth, hence that's why it can't not be given to descendants of Holy Prophet S.A.W's family** **"Charity (Zakah) is not becoming for the family of Muhammad, as it is people's impurities. "** [Sahih Muslim, Book on Zakah, no.1072] JazakAllah

Can someone who is from a Syed or Hashmi family (for example from among ahl-al-Bayt the off-spring of our beloved prophet and his family) receive money from Zakat? Please give proof.

According to Qu'ran 8:41 >And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion - the day when the two armies met. And Allah, over all things, is competent. and Qu'ran 17:26 >And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully. There is also 59:7 >And what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty. Yet Fadak, which was acquired through war, was not granted to Fatima by Abu Bakr, the first Caliph, after the Prophet (pbuh) passed away. What was Abu Bakrs reasoning given the explicit commandments in the ayats above and how valid was this in the view of later scholarship?

Sahih Muslim Book 31, Number 5920 : > Yazid b. Hayyan reported, I went along with Husain b. Sabra and 'Umar > b. Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to > him: Zaid. you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw > Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) listened to his talk, fought > by his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid, > you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you > heard from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said: I have > grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of > the things which I remembered in connection with Allah's Messenger > (may peace be upon him), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and > which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that. He then said: One > day Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up to deliver > sermon at a watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and > Medina. He praised Allah, extolled Him and delivered the sermon and. > exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O people, I am a human > being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my > Lord and I, in response to Allah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), > but **I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book > of Allah in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to > the Book of Allah and adhere to it. **He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to > the Book of Allah and then said: The second are the members of my > household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family. > He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren't > his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are > the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are > those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are > they? Thereupon he said: 'Ali and the offspring of 'Ali, 'Aqil and the > offspring of 'Aqil and the offspring of Ja'far and the offspring of > 'Abbas. Husain said: These are those for whom the acceptance of Zakat > is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes.** > حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَشُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَحُصَيْنُ، بْنُ سَبْرَةَ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ لَقَدْ لَقِيتَ يَا زَيْدُ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَسَمِعْتَ حَدِيثَهُ وَغَزَوْتَ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَهُ لَقَدْ لَقِيتَ يَا زَيْدُ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا حَدِّثْنَا يَا زَيْدُ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم - قَالَ - يَا ابْنَ أَخِي وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي وَقَدُمَ عَهْدِي وَنَسِيتُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَعِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَمَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا وَمَا لاَ فَلاَ تُكَلِّفُونِيهِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمًا فِينَا خَطِيبًا بِمَاءٍ يُدْعَى خُمًّا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَوَعَظَ وَذَكَّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَلاَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ رَبِّي فَأُجِيبَ وَأَنَا تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ ثَقَلَيْنِ أَوَّلُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ الْهُدَى وَالنُّورُ فَخُذُوا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَاسْتَمْسِكُوا بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَحَثَّ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَرَغَّبَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ وَمَنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ يَا زَيْدُ أَلَيْسَ نِسَاؤُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ قَالَ نِسَاؤُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَلَكِنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ مَنْ حُرِمَ الصَّدَقَةَ بَعْدَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَمَنْ هُمْ قَالَ هُمْ آلُ عَلِيٍّ وَآلُ عَقِيلٍ وَآلُ جَعْفَرٍ وَآلُ عَبَّاسٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ كُلُّ هَؤُلاَءِ حُرِمَ الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ > [[Sahih Muslim]](http://sunnah.com/urn/259200) - Is this hadeeth authentic? - What does it mean? - What is the wisdom behind it? *Answers from both Shia and Sunni are accepted.*

I heard that in the offspring of Imam Ali bin Abu-Talib (may Allah be pleased with him and honor his face), there were ones who were called: * Abu-Bakr * Omar * 'Aisha Is this true? could you mention them (or some at least)?