Loving the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has declared the Ahle Bait as the ship of deliverance and safety and the Sahabah as the stars of guidance.

 

Translation of Hadith: My Sahabah are like the stars of guidance.  Whomever you follow, you will be guided.

 

Hadhrat Mulla Ali Qari (May Allah shower His Mercy upon him) writes in Mirqaat Ul Mafateeh on the authority of Imam Fakhruddin Radhi (May Allah Ta’ala shower His Mercy on him).

 

Translation: By the grace and benevolence of Allah Ta’ala , we, the Ahle Sunnah are in the ship of the love of the Ahle Bait and are also being guided by the stars of guidance i.e.  the Sahabah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  We hope that Allah Ta’ala will save us from horrors of the Qiyamah and from the tortures of Hell and will grant us high stations in heaven, which is eternal.

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) gave the command to love them and also described the degree of love.

 

Love makes a person blind and deaf i.e.  the lover can neither see nor hear of any defect in his/her beloved.

 

The zenith of love is that the lover cannot notice any defect in the beloved even when it exists.  These personalities whom Allah Ta’ala and His Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) have commanded us to love, they themselves have vouched for their virtuousness and have negated the possibility of every blemish about them.

 

Even after this declaration by Allah Ta’ala, if anyone attributes something inappropriate towards then, then that person is not raising objections against Imam Hussain (May Allah Ta’ala be well pleased with him), instead that person is raising objections against the Holy Quran itself.  Besides, that person is breaking the rules of love and is moving out of its pale.

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has not only commanded us to love His Ahle Bait, but has also given glad tidings of Jannah and intercession to those who love his Ahle Bait.  "My intercession is for those privileged people of the Ummah, who love My Ahle Bait."

 

There are 4 lucky people for whom I will intercede on the Day of Judgment.

 

One who respects My Ahle Bait

One who offers them what they need.

One who manages their affairs when they need it

One who loves them with his tongue and heart

There is a Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh on the authority of Musnad Ahmed.

 

Translation of Hadith:  Hadhrat Abuzar Ghifari says:  While I held the door of the Ka'aba, I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say: Behold! Verily, the example of My Ahle Bait among you is like the ark of Prophet Nooh (Alaihis salam).  Whoever boards it, is saved and whoever stays back is destroyed.