The distinction of the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)

The distinction of the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)

 

By virtue of their relationship with the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), Almighty Allah has granted the Family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and the Companions distinguishing excellence.  Almighty Allah has placed the crown of excellence and superiority on their heads and has granted them the eternal wealth of dignity and grandeur.

 

Almighty Allah has kept the Prophet’s Family free from all kinds of flaws and blemishes, be them flaws in belief, intellectual flaws, outward or inward flaws or any other kinds of flaws.  Almighty Allah has declared about them:

 

Allah only intends to remove all the impurity of sins from you, O People of the House (of the Prophet, [even a doubt or trace of shortcoming]) and make you absolutely pure and clean by blessing you with (perfect) purity and wholesomeness.  Surah Ahzaab (33:33)

 

Moreover Almighty Allah declares His pleasure and approval for them in the following words:

 

And the Emigrants and their Supporters (Ansar), the vanguard of the believers, and those who follow them in the grade of spiritual excellence—Allah is well-pleased with them (all) and they (all) are well-pleased with Him. And He has prepared for them Gardens with rivers flowing under them. They will live in them forever. This is indeed a colossal achievement.  Surah Tauba (9:100)

 

Almighty Allah also declares in Surah Nisa:

 

Those of the Muslims who (shirking fight) stay back (home) without any stressful condition (i.e., excuse), and those who fight in the cause of Allah with their material as well as human resources cannot be equal (in their reward and rank). Allah has exalted in rank those who fight in the cause of Allah with their material as well as human resources above those who stay back withdrawn. Allah has (surely) promised good to all (the believers, yet) He has bestowed the merit of excellence with a mighty reward (and bounty) on those who strive hard over those who stay behind.  Surah Nisa (4:95)

 

For us, the way to deliverance is that we should fill our hearts with the love of the Prophet’s Family and illuminate our hearts with the love of the Companions, as these are the personalities who are not only the means of our deliverance but also the criterion for our guidance.