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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of Ahl al-Bayt in the Verse of Purification

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying:
Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
[Al-Ahzab 33:33]
, is the intention specifically the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh:
Yes, the address is to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); they are his wives. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I am a Sunni Muslim.

The Shaykh:
The words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to them:
And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from youوَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ
[Al-Ahzab 33:33]
and
O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
[Al-Ahzab 33:33]
the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 13/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (1438 هـ) /ويحبون أهل بيت رسول الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:13)

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