Prophet Mohammed-saww his Infallible family-asws
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a (thorough) Purification [33:33]
وعنه، قال: حدثنا عبد العزيز بن يحيى، عن محمد بن زكريا، عن جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة، قال: حدثني أبي، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه (عليهما السلام)، قال: «قال علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام): إن الله عز و جل فضلنا أهل البيت، و كيف لا يكون كذلك، و الله عز و جل يقول في كتابه: إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيراً
And from him (Sharaf Al Deen Al Najafi) who said, ‘It was narrated to us by Abdul Aziz Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Zakariyya, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Amarat, from his father,
From Ja’far Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Merited us-asws, the People-asws of the Household, and how can it not happen to be like that, and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying in His-azwj Book: But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a Purification [33:33]?
فقد طهرنا الله من الفواحش، ما ظهر منها و ما بطن، فنحن على منهاج الحق».
‘‘Thus, Allah-azwj Purified us-asws from the immoralities, whatever is apparent from these and whatever is hidden, and we-asws are upon the manifesto of the Truth’’.[1]
و عنه: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس و علي بن محمد، عن سهل بن زياد أبي سعيد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن ابن مسكان، عن أبي بصير، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز و جل: أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ. فقال: «نزلت في علي بن أبي طالب، و الحسن، و الحسين (عليهم السلام)».
And from him (Al Kulayni), from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, and Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad Abu Saeed, from Yunus, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59]. So he-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws’.
فقلت له: إن الناس يقولون: فما له لم يسم عليا و أهل بيته (عليهم السلام) في كتاب الله عز و جل.
‘I said to him-asws, ‘The people are saying, ‘So why did Allah-azwj not Name Ali-asws and his-asws Family in the Book of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic?’’
قال: «فقولوا لهم: إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) نزلت عليه الصلاة و لم يسم الله لهم ثلاثا و لا أربعا، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم، و نزلت عليه الزكاة و لم يسم لهم من كل أربعين درهما درهما، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم، و نزل الحج فلم يقل لهم: طوفوا أسبوعا، حتى كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) هو الذي فسر ذلك لهم.
‘He-asws said, say to them, ‘The Salat was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah-saww, and Allah-azwj did not Specify for them, whether it was three or four, until it was Rasool-Allah-saww who interpreted that for them. And the Zakat was Revealed unto him-saww, but it was not specified for them that it was one Dirham out of forty Dirhams, until it was Rasool-Allah-saww who interpreted that for them. And the Hajj was Revealed and it was not Said to them: “Perform Tawaaf seven times”, until it was Rasool-Allah-saww who interpreted that for them.
و نزلت أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ و نزلت في علي و الحسن و الحسين، فقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) في علي (عليه السلام): ألا من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه. و قال (عليه السلام): أوصيكم بكتاب الله و أهل بيتي، فإني سألت الله عز و جل أن لا يفرق بينهما حتى يوردهما علي الحوض، فأعطاني ذلك.
‘’And it was Revealed Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59]. It was Revealed regarding Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. So, Rasool-Allah-saww said regarding Ali-asws: ‘Indeed! Whosoever I-saww was the Master of, so Ali-asws is his Master’. And he-saww said: ‘I-saww bequeath to you with the Book of Allah-azwj and the People-asws of my-saww Household. I-saww asked Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic that there should be no separation between these two until they both return to me-saww at the Fountain, so He-azwj Gave me-saww that’.
و قال لا تعلموهم فإنهم أعلم منكم
‘‘And he-saww said: ‘Do not (try to) teach them-asws for they-asws are more knowledgeable than you’.
و قال: إنهم لن يخرجوكم من باب هدى، و لن يدخلوكم في باب ضلالة، فلو سكت رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فلم يبين من أهل بيته لادعاها آل فلان و آل فلان
‘‘And he-saww said: ‘They-asws would never exit you from the door of Guidance and would never enter you into the door of straying’. Had Rasool-Allah-saww remained silent, it would not have been clarified to them who the People-asws of his-saww Household were, for them to allege it for the progeny of so and so, and the progeny of so and so.
و لكن الله عز و جل أنزل في كتابه تصديقا لنبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله): إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيراً
‘‘But, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed in His-azwj Book, in Verification of His-azwj Prophet-saww, But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a (thorough) Purification [33:33].
فكان علي و الحسن و الحسين و فاطمة (عليهم السلام)، فأدخلهم رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) تحت الكساء في بيت أم سلمة، و قال: اللهم إن لكل نبي أهلا و ثقلا، و هؤلاء أهلي و ثقلي، فقالت ام سلمة: أ لست من أهلك؟ فقال لها: إنك إلى خير، و لكن هؤلاء أهلي و ثقلي
‘‘Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws were in the house of Umm Salma-as, and Rasool-Allah-saww included them-asws underneath the Cloak, and said: ‘Our Allah-azwj! For every Prophet-as there is a family and a weighty thing, and these-asws are my-saww family and weighty thing’. So Umm Salma-as said: ‘Am I-as not from your-saww family?’ So he-saww said to her-as: ‘You-as are upon good, but they-asws are my-saww family and my-saww weighty thing’.
فلما قبض رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كان علي أولى الناس بالناس لكثرة ما بلغ فيه رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و إقامته للناس و أخذه بيده، فلما مضى علي (عليه السلام) لم يستطع علي، و لم يكن ليفعل، أن يدخل محمد بن علي و العباس بن علي و لا واحدا من ولده
‘‘When Rasool-Allah-saww passed away, Ali-asws was foremost to the people than the people themselves, due to the frequency of what Rasool-Allah-saww had delivered with regards to him-asws, and established him-asws for the people and grabbed him-asws by the hand (At Ghadeer Khumm). So when Ali-asws passed away, he-asws did not have the leeway, nor did he-asws do that, that he-asws should include Muhammad Bin Ali and Al-Abbas Bin Ali-as, or any one from his-asws sons (into the Imamate).
إذن لقال الحسن و الحسين: إن الله تبارك و تعالى أنزل فينا كما أنزل فيك، و أمر بطاعتنا كما أمر بطاعتك، و بلغ فينا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كما بلغ فيك، و أذهب عنا الرجس كما أذهب عنك
‘‘Thus, Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘Surely Allah-azwj Blessed and High Revealed regarding us-asws just as He-azwj Revealed regarding you-asws, and Commanded the obedience to us-asws just as He-azwj Commanded the obedience to you-asws. And Rasool-Allah-saww delivered regarding us-asws just as he-saww delivered regarding you-asws. And He-azwj Kept the uncleanness from us-asws just as He-azwj Kept it away from you-asws’.
فلما مضى علي (عليه السلام) كان الحسن (عليه السلام) أولى بها لكبره، فلما توفي لم يستطع أن يدخل ولده، و لم يكن ليفعل ذلك، و الله عز و جل يقول: وَ أُولُوا الْأَرْحامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتابِ اللَّهِ فيحلها في ولده،
‘‘When Ali-asws passed away, Al-Hassan-asws was the foremost for it due to his-asws age. So when he-asws passed away, he-asws did not have the leeway to include his-asws sons, nor did he-asws do that, and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: and the possessors of the womb relationships, some of them are higher than the others in the Book of Allah [33:6]. Thus it was Permissible regarding his-asws sons.
إذن لقال الحسين (عليه السلام): أمر الله تبارك و تعالى بطاعتي كما أمر بطاعتك و طاعة أبيك، و بلغ في رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كما بلغ فيك و في أبيك، و أذهب عني الرجس كما أذهب عنك و عن أبيك
‘‘Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has Commanded for the obedience to me-asws just as He-azwj had Commanded for the obedience to your-asws father-asws. And Rasool-Allah-saww has delivered regarding me-asws just as he-saww had delivered regarding you-asws and regarding your-asws father. And He-azwj Kept the uncleanness away from me-asws just as He-azwj has Kept it away from you-asws and your-asws father-asws’.
فلما صارت إلى الحسين لم يكن أحد من أهل بيته يستطيع أن يدعي عليه كما كان هو يدعي على أخيه و على أبيه لو أرادا أن يصرفا الأمر عنه، و لم يكونا ليفعلا، ثم صارت حين أفضت إلى الحسين (عليه السلام) فجرى تأويل هذه الآية: وَ أُولُوا الْأَرْحامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتابِ اللَّهِ ثم صارت من بعد الحسين لعلي بن الحسين، ثم صارت من بعد علي بن الحسين إلى محمد بن علي
‘‘When it went to Al-Husayn-asws, no one from his-asws family had the leeway to make a claim for it just as he-asws had made the claim to his-asws brother-asws and to his-asws father-asws, to take the matter, nor did anyone do that. So when it went to Al-Husayn-asws, the explanation of this Verse flowed: and the possessors of the womb relationships, some of them are higher than the others in the Book of Allah [33:6]. Them from after Al-Husayn-asws it came to Ali Bin Al-Husayn-asws. Then it went from Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws to Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws’.
و قال: «الرجس: هو الشك، و الله لا نشك في ربنا أبدا
‘And he-asws said: ‘The uncleanness (Al Rijs) – it is the doubt. By Allah-azwj! We-asws do not doubt regarding our-asws Lord-azwj, ever!’’[2]
[1] تأويل الآيات 2: 458/ 22.
[2] الكافي 1: 226/ 1