What is the meaning of the hadith: (Hold fast to the Book of Allah and my household)?
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The Shaykh : I want an explanation of the hadith on the board, which is the one in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commands holding fast to the Book of Allah first, and to his household. I think the hadith is clear, and the issue seems to be in the questioner's question regarding his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) . The answer is that the household of the Messenger (peace be upon him) consists of two categories: the knowledgeable and the ignorant, or in other words, those who know the Sunnah and those who do not know it, and those who know the Sunnah but abandon it. Every person of sense and intellect is certain that the second type of the two categories is not intended in this hadith. Does "my household" mean the ignorant among them? Does it mean those who abandon the practice of the Islamic Shari'ah, like King Hussein and the like of his fathers and grandfathers? Of course, this is not what is intended by the hadith. Rather, what is intended is the first category , namely those who know my Sunnah and act upon it. There is no doubt that the first of the household of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and at their head 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), is among these, among the people of the household whom we were commanded to hold fast to the Sunnah of. And when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commands holding fast to the household, it is exactly as when he commands holding fast to the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, among whom is one of the members of the household, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. So when he (peace and blessings be upon him) says Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i), it does not mean a Sunnah other than the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace be upon him), but rather it means his Sunnah which these people transmitted, applied, and executed. And this hadith , and so on, is like an explanation of His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He) [Al-Nisa: 115]. He said, the Exalted [An-Nisa 4:115]. Is the path of the believers other than the path of Allah and the Messenger? Of course not. But in this verse, Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) made the path of the believers a proof that this is the Shari'ah of Allah, because we do not imagine the path of the believers to be contrary to the law of the Lord of the Worlds. So this is like what is said in the category of explanatory apposition,
[An-Nisa 4:115]. This is by way of explanation, this apposition, meaning how is the opposition to Allah and the Messenger? By contradicting the path of the believers, and by following other than the path of the believers. So when we return to the hadith of Zayd ibn Arqam, when he said , he only means those who hold fast to his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And this specification undoubtedly serves to exalt the household, respect them, and follow them, because they are worthy of that. So in this hadith there is only a part of what is in the hadith of Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i), in the sense that 'Ali is mentioned here in the hadith of the four, 'Ali is mentioned and with him the rest of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. In the hadith of the household there is also an addition to the hadith of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs, who are the household: al-Hasan, al-Husayn, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Abu Ja'far al-Baqir, al-Sadiq, and so on. All these are, of course, from the household and from the people of knowledge. We follow their guidance, and all of this is ultimately conditioned by not contradicting the Book or the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner : I think it means that a quarter of an hour remains for rest, meaning ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, welcome, may Allah reward you with good, but it is not that a quarter of an hour remains until it ends, except what Allah wills.
The questioner : ... meaning ... he makes the household a second source, the first source being the Book of Allah, and the second source of legislation being the household, and this is what the Shi'ah say?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The brothers are saying that Muhammad 'Id 'Abassi heard them while they were talking.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, please.
'Id 'Abassi: My master, by Allah, whoever intends the sea takes the canal, the professor is present.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, my brother, let us cooperate.
'Id 'Abassi: My master.
The questioner : While the professor rests.
Another questioner: Yes, go ahead, he opened the door.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, or if you have something in your mind that you want to speak about, a general guidance for example, there is no objection, take your freedom, or if you are answering questions, there is no objection.
'Id 'Abassi: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, and all praise is to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family and all the Companions, and after that.
The questioner : ... .
'Id 'Abassi: In fact, the meeting with you was very pleasant, and it is what inspires hope in the heart of the Muslim, and makes him optimistic about the victory of the call, if Allah wills, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : But it means that you were confused by the bad meaning that you understood.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if you understood it with this estimation, and that its good and evil are from Allah by His estimation, do you have an issue then? Good, my master.
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and my household
وأهل بيتيmy household
أهل بيتيYou must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
عليكم بسنّتي وسنّة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعديHold fast to my practice
عليكم بسنتيAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِق الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّى وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًاand follows other than the way of the believers
وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِق الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَand my household
وأهل بيتيYou must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
عليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعديThe questioner : I think it means that a quarter of an hour remains for rest, meaning ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, welcome, may Allah reward you with good, but it is not that a quarter of an hour remains until it ends, except what Allah wills.
The questioner : ... meaning ... he makes the household a second source, the first source being the Book of Allah, and the second source of legislation being the household, and this is what the Shi'ah say?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The brothers are saying that Muhammad 'Id 'Abassi heard them while they were talking.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, please.
'Id 'Abassi: My master, by Allah, whoever intends the sea takes the canal, the professor is present.
The Shaykh : Go ahead, my brother, let us cooperate.
'Id 'Abassi: My master.
The questioner : While the professor rests.
Another questioner: Yes, go ahead, he opened the door.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, or if you have something in your mind that you want to speak about, a general guidance for example, there is no objection, take your freedom, or if you are answering questions, there is no objection.
'Id 'Abassi: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, and all praise is to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family and all the Companions, and after that.
The questioner : ... .
'Id 'Abassi: In fact, the meeting with you was very pleasant, and it is what inspires hope in the heart of the Muslim, and makes him optimistic about the victory of the call, if Allah wills, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : But it means that you were confused by the bad meaning that you understood.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if you understood it with this estimation, and that its good and evil are from Allah by His estimation, do you have an issue then? Good, my master.