1. About Ahlul Bayt From the Internet

2. The Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) إِنَّمَايُرِيدُاللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُم تَطْهِيرًا “Allah only desires to keep away impurity from you, O People of the House (Ahlul Bayt), and to purify you a thorough purification.” (33:33)

3. The Ark of Salvation انما مثل أهل بيتي فيكم كمثل سفينة نوح من ركبها نجا ومن تخلف عنها غرق “The likeness of my Ahlul Bayt amongst you is similar to Noah's Ark. Whoever embarks on it is saved, and whoever rejects it drowns…” Al-Mustadrak

4. The Ahlul Bayt “He has made obligatory upon you Haj, Omrah, establishing prayers, giving charity, fasting and Wilaayah. He made Wilaayah for you a door with which you can open the doors to the obligations, and a key to His path. If it were not for Muhammad (pbuh) and his trustees from among his descendants, you would be bewildered like animals, not knowing any of the obligations. Is the city entered from other than its gate?” Imam Hasan al-Askari, narrated in Tuhaful Uqool

5. Qualities of Ahlul Bayt (as)

6. Divine Appointment إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ "Verily, your Wali is Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, - those who perform prayer, and give charity while they bow down…" (5:55)

7. Divine Appointment The Prophet (saw): “Verily, I leave behind among you two weighty things, which as long as you continue to adhere to them, you will not go astray after me, and one of which is greater than the other. ◦ The Book of Allah is the rope stretched from the heavens to the Earth, and ◦ my progeny, my household. Behold, verily they will never separate from each other until they meet me at the Pond (in Paradise).” The Scale of Wisdom, n. 333

8. al-’Isma إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُم تَطْهِيرًا “Allah only desires to keep away impurity from you, O People of the House (Ahlul Bayt), and to purify you a thorough purification.” (33:33)

9. Faith

10. Knowledge The Prophet: “I am the city of knowledge, and Ali is its gateway. Whoever wishes the city, and wisdom, should come to it through its gateway.” Du’aa al-Nudba

11. True Theology An atheist asked Imam al-Saadiq (a.s.): ‘Do you not say that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing?’...The Imam (a.s.) replied: “He Hears by His Self, and He Sees by His Self, He Himself is Hearing, He Himself is Vision, not that He is something that has vision and has hearing…and when I say He Sees by His self this does not mean that He is something and that His Self is something else, but I wanted an expression for myself as one who is being asked and as a clarification for you as a questioner…He hears with All of Himself…I say He hears with All of Himself, but not with the meaning that the total has parts... Al-Kafi, v. 1, p.108-109

12. Jihad لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ دَرَجَةً ۚ "Allah has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and their lives above those who hold back, Allah has made the strivers with their property and their persons to excel the holders back a (high) degree, " [4:95]

13. Miracles Karamat: all our Imams performed miracles of one form or another. Miracles performed by the Imams are called karamat.

14. The Gate to Allah قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ عليه‌السلام : « الْأَوْصِيَاءُ هُمْ أَبْوَابُ اللهِ ـ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ـ الَّتِي يُؤْتى مِنْهَا ، وَلَوْلَاهُمْ مَا عُرِفَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَبِهِمُ احْتَجَّ اللهُ ـ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالى ـ عَلى خَلْقِهِ » Imam al-Saadiq (a.s.): “The trustees are the gates to Allah, the Exalted, from whence He is approached. Were not for them, Allah would not be known. Allah, the Exalted, sets them as proof over his creation.” Wasailul Shia, n. 516

15. Intercession "Daughter of My beloved! Go back and look for everyone in whose heart was love for you or for any of your progeny; take their hand and lead them into paradise!"

16. The Value of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)

17. The Rule Belongs Solely to Allah “I am afraid for you because you see the covenant enacted with God being violated and trampled under foot, yet you show no anxiety…” Imam Husain, the Sermon of Mina

18. Social Justice “O people! The Prophet has said, that when you see an oppressive ruler legitimising what is prohibited by Allah and breaking His covenant, and opposing the way of the Prophet, and he behaves unjustly and oppressively with Allah's servants, then if a person does not oppose him through word or deed, it is incumbent upon Allah to place that person on the status of that oppressor.” Imam Husain as, a Sermon at Karbala

19. Goodness to People Mu'awiya ibn Wahab asked Imam al-Saadiq (a.s.): “How should we interact with our brothers in faith and with others who do not follow our faith?” The Imam (as) said: “Look at your Imams whom you took as guides and do what they do. By Allah, your Imams visit their ill, and attend their funerals, and give testimony for them or against them and fulfil their trusts….once you become careful about your religion, tell the truth, fulfil the trusts and make your manners with people good, then they will say: ‘this is a Ja’fari…’ and that would please me”. [al-Kaafi vol.2. p. 464]

20. Moral Goodness Chastity Contentment

21. Love for Ahlul Bayt “There are various degrees of serving Allah, but affection for us, Ahlul Bayt, is the highest one.” Imam al-Saadiq (a.s.)

22. Us Ahlul Bayt “Am I not the grandson of your Prophet and the son of his Vicegerent and cousin, who was the foremost in believing and the bearer of witness upon everything that the Prophet had brought from Allah? Was not Hamza, the high Martyr, the uncle of my father? Was not Ja'far, who soars with two wings in Paradise, my Uncle? Did not the Tradition of the Prophet reach you in which he has said about me and my brother that both of us are the leaders of the youth in Paradise?” Imam Husain (a.s.), the day of Ashuraa

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