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Part I:Ayat e Tathir- Who are they?

And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment of the

Time of ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor due, and obey Allah and His

messenger. Al lah 's wish is but to remove uncleanness far f rom you, O Folk of the

Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing.(Surah Ahzab :33)

Question 1: Location of the Verse of Purification in Quran

Answer:We all know present Quran is not as per order of revelation. We know there are

verses which revealed first but put in middle of the Surah.

We see similar example from Quran:

(Quran 5:3) Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swine flesh,

and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled,

and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which

hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts,saving that whichye make lawful (by the death stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And

(forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows.This is an abomination. This day are

those who disbeli eve in despair of (ever harming) your reli gion; so fear them not, fear

Me! This day have I per fected your reli gion for you and completed My favour unto you,

and have chosen foryou as reli gion AL - I SLAM. Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will, tosin: (forhim) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Authentic narrations show that this(Red Part) was revealed at time of hujjat-ul-widaa. but

the part which comes along with it was revealed in times near to incident of Hudaibia (6th

hijri)

We know from the authentic Ahdeeth that red highlighted part reveled 10th

A.H at the time

Last Hajj. But first and last part revealed around 6-7th

A.H. About this part: This day are

those who disbeli eve in despair of (ever harming) your reli gion; so fear them not, fear

Me! This day have I per fected your reli gion for you and completed My favour unto you,

and have chosen for you as religion AL - I SLAM

Some jews asked Umar that if this verse was revealed on us, we would have


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celebrated this day as eid. Umar replied that you are not aware of it, that when this verse

was revealed, Muslims had two Eids. This verse was revealed in 10th hijri at time of hujjat-

ul-widaa in Urfa at the time of Asr when ground of Arafat when Holy Prophet (saw)s camel

was surrounded by 40,000 pious people. And Holy Prophet (saw) lived only 81 days after

that

(Plz refer to various Tafaseers, Such as , Ibn Kasir, Ibn Jarir, Durrul Mansur, Molvi TaqiUthmani and others)

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Proof: There is numerous authentic ahadeeth which saying the parts

Al lah' s wish is but to remove uncleanness far fr om you, O Folk of the Household, and

cleanse you with a thorough cleansing

Revealed for 5 individual namely Ali, Fatima , Hasan, Hussain and Prophet s.a.w.a.

I will cite few:

1) Sunan At tirmizi. .

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Shahar bin Haushab narrates that Umm Salam said: Prophet (saw) took Ali,

Hassan, Hussain & Fatima under the cloak and said: O Allah! These are My

Ahlulbaitand My Special Ones,therefore keep Rijs( Impurity) away from them and give

the Perfect Purification. I (Umm Salama) asked the Prophet: Am I too included among

them? He replied: (no) you have a good ending

Imam Tirmizi Said Hasan Sahih, Albani Authnticated this as Sahih.

2) Sunan At Tirmizi:


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Umar bin Abu Salama narrates that when this verse was revealed, Holy Prophet (saw)

was in house of Hadhrat Umm Salama (r.a). He put a cloak on Bibi Fatima, Imam Hasan

(saw) and Imam Hussein (saw) (peace be on them all). Hadhrat Ali (saw) was standing

behind him. So he put cloak on him as well. And he said: o Allah! These are my household,put away dirt of sins from them and clean them perfectly. Hadhrat Umm Salama (r.a) asked:

o Prophet! Am I with them? He replied: you are on your place and you are on good.

Albani Authenticated this hadeeth as Sahih.

3) Imam Ibn Abi Hatim narrated this hadeeth, I am quoting from Tafseer Ibn Kasir. Underthe verse 33:33.

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Ayesha was asked about Hadhrat Ali, so she said that he was the most beloved of holy

Prophet and he had the daughter of holy Prophet who was the most beloved.No doubt, I saw

holy Prophet calling Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussein and put a cloak on them. And said that

o Allah! These are my Ahlulbait so put away Rijs from them and give them perfectpurification. So I asked: o Prophet! Am I in your (impurity) Ahlulbait? So he said: STAY

AWAY, (but) you are on good.

4) Sahih Muslim: Chapter: {

}:[33]Sahih Muslim Chapter: Excellence of Ahlul Bait of Prophet s.a.w.a:


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A'isha reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) went out one

morning wearing a striped cloak of the black camel's hair that there came Hasan b. 'Ali.

He wrapped him under it, then came Husain and he wrapped him under it along with the

other one (Hasan). Then came Fatima and he took her under it, then came 'Ali and healso took him under it and then said: Al laah only desir es to take away any un-

cleanl iness fr om you, O people of the household, and pur if y you (thorough pur if ying)

5) Sahih Muslim : Chapter Excellence of Ali :

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Its little bit long hadeeth Just translating Required portion

when the (following) verse was revealed:" Let us summon our children andyour children." Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) called 'Ali,

Fitima, Hasan and Husain and said: O Allaah, these are my Ahlul bait.

So from above all ahdeeth its clear that the said verse revealed for 5 persons.

Muhammad s.a.w.a took 4 with him and said Allahumma haulai ahli or ahle baiti,

WHEN PROPHET S.A.W.A himself made tafseer of a Ayat NO ONE HAS ANY

AUTHORITY TO SAY OTHERWISE.

6) Here is few other Ahdeeth:


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Ibn Jarir,Ibn Abi Hatim, Tabrani From Abu Said al Khudri(r.a) Said Prophet said: This

ayat descended for five,..Me, Ali, Fatima, HAsan, Hussain..(ref Tafseer Durul

Manthur)

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7) Imam Bukhari in his Tarikh Al kabir wrote: Continue six months Prophet

s.a.w.a use to go to the door of Ali and Fatima and say As Salamu Alaikum

Ahle bait Al lah 's wish is but to remove uncleanness far fr om you, O Folk of the

Household, and cleanse you wi th a thorough cleansing.

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Answer:Yes there is a narration through Ikrima and Ibn Abbas (r.a) that these ayat is

for Wives.

: } } Ikrimah used to call out in the marketplace Allah wishes only to remove Ar-Rijs from

you, O members of the family, and to purify you with a thorough purification.) "This was

revealed solely concerning the wives of the Prophet.''

But this Hadeeth has no value becoz:

1) These hadeeth is alone against numerous sahih hadeeth which clearly stating these ayatrevealed for 5 persons who ware under cloak. Even other ahadeeth from Ibn Abbas said this

ayat revealed for five.

2) This hadeeth does not reaches to Prophet s.a.w.a rather its saying of Ikrima. It does not

giving any details. Where as in other sahih ahadeeth narrators are eye witness.3) Ikrima was a Khareji and a testimomy of khareji which involves Ali r.a must not beaccepted ( It is the usool of Ulema). Becoz Kharejis started their movement by fightingImam Ali a.s.

Ikrima was Slave of Ibn Abbas. The son of Ibn Abbas, Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas use tie

Ikrima for lying against his Father.( I.e quoting false Hadeeth from Ibn Abbas)

Ata said Ikrimah lied.

(Tamhid - Sarah Muwatta-Ibn Abul Barr)

: : : Siyar Nabula- Dhahabi

Also many Tabei accused him as liar.

More over in the beginning of the verse it has been said Stay inside your (feminine) House, here Allah s.w.t use feminine kunna and the pluralBuyut-> houses, because wives ware many and they had their own houses.

But when Allah s.w.t revealed the part


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Allah s.w.t use ankummasculine gender, also ytHara-kum

So this cant be for wives, if it was for wives there should be kunna.

Moreover here Allah s.w.t said Al Bait- singular unlike plural use at the beginning for

wives. Now Its clear even from the analysis of the verse it is not for wives, because the thereshould be Buyut-houses for respective house of wives of prophet s.a.w.a.

It is also strange all muhadditheen put the HAdeeth al Kisa( HAdeeth of cloak) in Fadailof Ali, Fatima HAsan and Hussain. So every muhaddith deemed that this is excellence of

these holy five.

Here I also giving challenge to bring any narration from the wives of Holy Prophet

s.a.w.a that they are claiming this ayat

Revealed for them.

But Imam Hasan a.s claiming this ayat revealed about them:

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that when Hasan was made caliph after death of Hadhrat Ali, once he was leading prayers

when a man from banu Asad came and attacked with knife while he was prostrating which

hit him in flesh and he remained ill for months. When he got well, he came to mosque and

said: o people of Iraq! Fear Allah in relation to us. We are your rulers and your guests. Weare ahle bait e nabuya regarding whom the verse of purification was revealed. And he

.repeated that many times and people started crying

( Tafseer Ibn Abi Hatim, Tafseer Ibn Kaseer., This is also present in Maujam al

Kabeer of Tabarani with other chain, Haythami also authenticated this)

Imam Ali Zainal Abedeen a.s also claimed that this ayat is about them:

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Ali ibn Hussain said to a man of Sham, Have you read the verse of ahzab

Allah's wish is but to remove uncleanness far from you, O Folk of the

Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing? He said yes, are you

those? Said( Ali zainal Abedeen) Yes.

( Tafseer ibn Kaseer)

Part II: Are Prophets and Ahlul bait a.s Infallible?

Approach 1: Logical and Quranic.

All the ummah believe Prophets a.s are infallible except few fanatic captious

people.In general we believe prophets are infallible because if we believe they are

not infallible then whole religion will collapse. How?

Let us assume Prophets a.s are not infallible, then there will rise question that

they ( Prophets a.s) gave wrong message because they are not infallible and

they do err. If you say Quran said they a.s conveyed the message well

without any mistake and no wrong can enter in the Quran , Then the answer

will be Prophet a.s made mistake in that very ayat which saying batil cannot

enter in the Quran and other similar types of ayat.

If anyone says that Prophet s.a.w.a do not make mistake in Quranic andreligious matters but can err in other matters. I will response that then we

have to differentiate between religious matters and non religious matters,

then there will be different opinion about a matter, some will say it is

religious other will say this is non-religious. Secondly I will say it is non-

religious but Prophet s.a.w.a wrongly thought it is religious.


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Ultimately there will be chaos, and whole religion will like wrong message of

prophets a.s.

But Alhamdulillah most of the ummah believe Prophets s.a are masum.

Let us first understand what is infallibility or masum.Dictionary defines infallibility as :

Merriam Webster dictionary:

Infallible: incapable of errors, not liable to mislead, deceive, or disappoint,

incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals.

In our daily life we random use masum word, such as this child is masum, the

terrorist killed masum people etc.

Inlight of above understanding I shall quote here few quranic verses which

show that Prophets are infallibles.

We know its satan who incite to our nafs to make us wrong. But Quran says:

"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless

my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." ( 12:53)

So human are prone to evil except on those whom Allah s.w.t bestowed mercy.

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( 43) (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-

seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong. Except Thy servants from

among them, the devoted ones ( Mukhleseen). He said: This is a right way with Me. Surely.

as regards My servants, you have no authority ,over them except those who follow you of thedeviators. And surely Hell is the promised place of them all. (15:39-43).


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Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as

a Protector.( 17:65)

( 82( )83) (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong. "Except Thy Servantsamongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace).(mukhleseen)"(38:82-83)

It can be easily understood from above holy verses that satan has no power

over mukhlesh servents of Allah s.w.t. Even satan is accepting his inability to

make wrong to mukhles people.

Now is there any one better mukhlesh and purified than Prophets s.a?

obviously no one.

When satan has no ability over Prophet s.a.w.a then how we say prophet

s.a.w.a may do wrong!

Prophet s.a.w.a not make error:

Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray (53:2) Nor does he speak out of desire.(53:3) It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,(53:4)

So from above verses its all clear Prophet s.a.w.a neither make error nor does he says

anything out of his mind. Rater all from a type of inspiration from Allah s.w.t.

and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, andfrom whatever he forbids you, keep back(57:7).

One needs to understand that whatever Prophet s.a.w.a gives we need to take it, so if prophet

s.a.w.a gives any wrong example then also we have to take/follow that, thereforetaking/following wrong will lead us to wrong path-which is impossible, that Prophet s.a.w.a

will lead us to any wrong. Because as above Allah s.w.t already said he do not speak from

his desire rather all that are revelation.

We know from the Quran al karim that Obeying to prophet s.a.w.a is inconditional:


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And We did not send any messenger but that he shouldbe obeyed by Allah's permission (4:64)

O you who believe! obey Allahand obey the Messenger, and do not make your deeds of no effect.(47:33)

There are many similar verses which clearly shows obey to prophet s.a.w.a unconditional.

So if Prophet s.a.w.a makes any wrong it should also be obeyed! It should become a sunnah

of Prophet s.a.w.a and we should obey that also. and by obeying wrong we will go to astray.The only conclusion is that when Allah s.w.t said to obey prophet s.a.w.a ,the characteristic

of Prophet s.a.w.a must be like that is do not do any error , because Allah s.w.t will never

order us to follow wrong. In other word unless prophet s.a.w.a is masum Allah s.w.t will not

order us to follow His Prophet s.a.w.a. Because obeying Prophet s.a.w.a is obeying Allahs.w.t.

He who obeys the messenger,obeys Allah: But if any turn away, We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil

deeds).(4:80)

And we cannot obey any sinner:

Therefore wait patiently for the command ofyour Lord, and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.(76:24)

Here Allah s.w.t saying to his Prophet s.a.w.a not to obey any sinner. So how can we obeyany sinner? In other word a obeyed person ( whom Allah s.a.w.t said/endorsed to obey )

must be sinless.

O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and ulil amr ( Master of affairs)from among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if

you believe in Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end.(4:59)

Here Allah s.w.t commanding us to obey Allah and to obey Prophet s.a.w.a and oliul amr.

Let us understand the verse first. In this verse Allah s.w.t commanding the believers , so its

wajib since when Allah s.w.t command anything it becomes wajib for belivers.

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Point: Here Allah s.w.t used obey word two times for ordering to obey three category 1.Allah s.w.t himself, 2 Prophet s.a.w.a 3. Oliul amr. For Allah s.w.t the word obey used


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separately and for Prophet s.a.w.a and oliul amr separately, its indicates that obeying oliul

amr is in a status of Prophet s.a.w.a.

( Side Note: This ayat is very clear about who are the oliul amr, as we see from the text of

the ayat Allah s.w.t ordering us to obey Him, Prophet s.a.w.a and Olil amr, as we cant

select/elect who will be our Allah whom we shall worship, Rather if we select/elect ourAllah by our choice we will become Mushrik, We do not have any authority to select/electAllah, likewise we do not have any authority to select/elect any prophet rather its Allah s.w.t

who himself select Prophets and similarly we cant select who will be the ulil amr, as the

2nd obey word in this ayat connected to the obeying of Prophet s.a.w.a.

Some may say here Allah s.w.t said From among youfor oilul amr so we can select/elect

who will be the olil amr. The answer is ankumor from youdoes not give meaning of

selecting/electing oliul amr. He should know that the word obeyfor olilul amr is same

way connected Prophet. Moreover the from you/themetc words also used for Prophet

s.a.w.a.)

Its also impossible for Allah s.w.t that he will give order to us to obey something which is

not exists, Allah gives order to obey him becoz He exists and Allah gave order to obeyprophet s.a.w.a because Prophet s.a.w.a exists, And it not possible that oliul amr do not

exists and Allah s.w.t will order us to obey the.

As stated before Allah s.w.t will not order us to obey someone who will do wrong, then it

will be like that Allah s.w.t is ordering us to follow wrong.

Obeying prophet s.a.w.a is actually obeying Allah s.w.t there no alternative way.

He who obeys the messenger, obeys Allah..(4:80)

Say: If You love Allah, then follow me..(3:31)

So there is no alternative way to express love towards Allah s.w.t, except to follow Prophet

s.a.w.a. Expression of love will be accepted by following Prophet s.a.w.a.

Now we shall look into the Ahdeeth of prophet s.a.w.a

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Prophet s.a.w.a said : One who obey me obeys Allah, and one who adhere me adheres

Allah, And one who obey Ali he obeys me, And who adhere Ali adhere me.

(Mustadrak ala Sahihain: Imam Hakim said this Hadeeth is Sahih, Imam Dhahabi also

authenticated it)

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Its long hadeeth I am quoting relevant parts : prophet s.a.w.a said Ali is with Quran and

Quran is with Ali, they will never separate even they reach to fountain ( of kawsar).

We believe that no wrong/error can enter into the Quran the same way no wrong and error

can enter to Ali. Because Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.a compared rather made saturated Ali

with quran and they( Quran and Ali) will not separate from each other.

As we know Prophet s.a.w.a said :

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( : 6144( )977-978( )4/356-357)This hadeeth has been stated by numerous books and with mutawatir sanad.I am just

Quoting from Sunan at-Tirmizi if anyone want other references then may see my anotherarticle.


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Prophet s.a.w.a said I am leavening among you if you adhere them you will never go

astray after me, one is greater than other , kitab Allah which is rope between heaven and

earth and my progeny my Ahlul bait, they will never separate even they reach at house (

kawsar),

So Prophet s.a.w.a with hadeeth e saqalin ( Two heavy things) made it clear that Quran andAhlul bait are guarantee for us not to go wrong. Prophet s.a.w.a made Quran and his

progeny his ahlul bait un-separable entity.

So by no way like Quran the falsehood/error/wrong can enter to his Holy progeny his ahlul

bait.This is clear proof that the Ahlul bait are free from any defect and no falsehood nowrong and error can commissioned by His holy progeny his holy Ahlul bait.

More over the ayat e Tathir shows absolute cleanliness of Ahlul Bait a.s.

This is Allahs wish to clean them a through clean from any type of rijs.

(Side note:Allah s.w.t said about Quran (56:79) -None can grasp itexcept purified one.This Arabic texts give us exact meaning No one is able to grasp

it(quran) except those who has been purified by US ( Mutaharun).)

I will finish this article by citing a hadeeth from Durrul Manthur of Allama Suyuti, under

the verse 33:33 ( Ayat e Tathir) he quoted:

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{} It is little bit long hadeeth I am translating relevant parts only:

Quoted by Hakim, Tirmizi, Tabrani , Ibn Marduai, Abu Naim and Baihaqi in his dalail from

Ibn Abbas that prophet s.a.w.a said :..like that HIS saying Verily Allah wishes toremove all abomination from you, O Ahlul bait, and to make you pure and spotless. I and

my ahlul bait are purified from the sin


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