Dear Islamic brothers! We come to know that the love for the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم is Wajib and necessary; the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم should be more beloved to every Muslim than their own lives, wealth, honour, parents and children. Having love for these blessed personalities is to have love for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and love for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is a sign of complete faith.

Hence, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ’’لَا یُوْمِنُ عَبْدٌحَتّٰی اَکُوْنَ اَحَبَّ اِلَیْہِ مِنْ نَفْسِہٖ, i.e., ‘A believer cannot be a complete believer until I am more beloved to him than his own self,’ وَذَاتِیْ اَحَبَّ اِلَیْہِ مِنْ ذَاتِہِ ‘And until I am not more beloved to him than his own being,’ وَتَکُوْنَ عِتْرتِیْ  اَحَبَّ اِلَیْہِ مِنْ عِتْرَتِہِ ‘And until my children are more beloved to him than his own children,’ وَاَہْلِیْ اَحَبَّ اِلَیْہِ مِنْ اَہْلِہِ ‘And until my Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم are more beloved to him than his own family members.’

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 2, p. 189, Hadith 1505)

Virtues of the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم

Dear Islamic brothers! Allah Almighty stated the following regarding the excellence of the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم in part 22, Surah al-Ahzaab, verse 33:

اِنَّمَا یُرِیْدُ اللّٰهُ لِیُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَهْلَ الْبَیْتِ وَ یُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِیْرًاۚ(۳۳)

Allah wills only to remove every impurity from you, O People of the House of the Prophet, and make you absolutely pure by cleansing you.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse 33)

According to the majority of the Quranic commentators رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه, this blessed verse was revealed regarding Sayyiduna Ali Al-Murtada, Sayyidatuna Fatimat-uz-Zahra, Sayyiduna Imam Hasan and Sayyiduna Imam Hussain رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم. Imam Ahmad رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa’eed Khudri رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ that this verse was revealed regarding the ‘Panjtan Pak (The Pure Five).’ Panjtan Pak refers to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyidatuna Fatima, Sayyiduna Imam Hasan and Sayyiduna Imam Hussain     رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم. (Sawanih-e-Karbala, pp. 79,80)