Love for the Prophet's Family (May Allah be well pleased with all of them)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has not only commanded us to love His Family, but has also given glad tidings of paradise and intercession to those who love His Family.

 

Translation:  My intercession is for those privileged people of the Ummah, who love my Family.  (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 13, Pg No. 86)

 

There is a Hadith:

 

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

 

1.       The one who respects my Family.

 

2.       One who offers them what they need.

 

3.       One who manages their affairs when they need it.

 

4.       One who loves them with his tongue and heart.  (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 13, Pg No. 86)

 

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

 

Hadhrat Abuzar Ghifari says:

 

Translation:  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 Family among you is like the ark of Prophet Nooh (May peace be upon him).  Whoever boards it, is saved and whoever stays back is destroyed.  (Mishkaatul Masabeeh, Vol. 2, Pg No. 573; Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 5, Pg No. 315)

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has declared the Prophet’s Family as the ark of deliverance and safety and the Companions as the stars of guidance.

 

Translation:  My Companion are like the stars of guidance.  Whomever you follow, you will be guided.  (Mishkaatul Masabeeh, Pg No. 54; Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 5, Pg No. 334)

 

Hadhrat Mulla Ali Qari writes in Mirqaat Ul Mafateeh on the authority of Imam Fakhruddin Radhi (May Allah shower His mercy on both of them):

 

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

 

(Explanatory notes, Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 5, Pg No. 315; Mirqatul Mafateeh, Vol. 5, Pg No. 610)