The Position Toward the Family of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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The Shaykh:
Except Allah. The prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, may Allah reward you. He says: What is our position toward the family of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Our duty is to love them, respect them, and honor them, because they are the relatives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recommended them to the believers among them. As for one who is a relative of the Prophet but did not follow him and did not believe in him, we do not respect him or honor him. This is Abu Talib, the uncle of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who died upon disbelief and refused to say, "There is no god but Allah," and said, "I am upon the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib." So we consider him a disbeliever. Abu Lahab, the uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah revealed in his regard the surah that you know.[Al-Masad 111:1-5]. So the criterion is not kinship alone.
The criterion is faith, and if kinship is added to it, it is an increase in good. But mere kinship without faith has no standing. We must know this; the issue is in following. Not merely in kinship. If faith and kinship are combined, the love increases and the rank increases with Allah and with the believers. But if kinship is separated from faith, it has no consideration. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Except Allah. The prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, may Allah reward you. He says: What is our position toward the family of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Our duty is to love them, respect them, and honor them, because they are the relatives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recommended them to the believers among them. As for one who is a relative of the Prophet but did not follow him and did not believe in him, we do not respect him or honor him. This is Abu Talib, the uncle of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who died upon disbelief and refused to say, "There is no god but Allah," and said, "I am upon the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib." So we consider him a disbeliever. Abu Lahab, the uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah revealed in his regard the surah that you know.
(1) May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he. (2) His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained. (3) He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame (4) And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood. (5) Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍThe criterion is faith, and if kinship is added to it, it is an increase in good. But mere kinship without faith has no standing. We must know this; the issue is in following. Not merely in kinship. If faith and kinship are combined, the love increases and the rank increases with Allah and with the believers. But if kinship is separated from faith, it has no consideration. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-016-الإيمان حقيقته أركانه شعبه ثمراته|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:24)
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