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Hadith of Kisa'
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The Imamite Shi’ah claim that Allah Almighty granted the Shi’ite Imams infalliblity because the task
they were to be assigned to undertake required of them to be so. The task they were to undertake
was to lead people and to apply the Divine Laws of Allah Almighty in Judging among mankind. Now
the question casts itself, suppose what they claim is correct, is Lady Fatima ( May Allah be pleased
with her ) a prophet or an Imam to be infallible! Why she should be infallible if she is not a prophet
or an Imam ( like how shia believe ) !!
Allah Almighty bestowed the attribute of infallibility on the Prophets and Messengers because they
had a task ahead of them that was to convey the message revealed to them to their respective
peoples and to safeguard the supernatural message they were entrusted with by Allah Almighty.
5. Since the purification verse was revealed in regard to the wives of the Allah’s Messenger and
Allah Almighty affirmed to make them pure and spotless, the Messenger of Allah gathered his
closest kith and kin and invoked Allah Almighty to purify them as promised his wives (Prophet’s).
He thus said in his supplication: ( O Allah ! those are my kith and kin, remove all abomination
from them and make them pure and spotless ). So after Umm Salama saw that the Messenger of
Allah had included Ali, Fatima, Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein in the members of his household, she
requested him earnestly to include her among the people he supplicated for. The Messenger of
Allah informed her undoubtedly that there was no need for himto include her among his kith and kin
since she was one of his wives, and the verse was revin their regard. This is a sound evidence that
states categorically the fact that the verse was not revealed in regard of the Prophet’s kith and kin
but rather it was addressing his wives.Had it been addressing also his kith and kin there would be
no need for him to gather his daughter, son -in-law and his grandsons to invoke Allah to include
them among his spouses who were promised to be purified.
6. In the verse: ” And Allah wishes only to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the
family, and to make you pure and spotless.” Allah’s statement was not to assure them that they
had already been purified, but rather to stipulate a condition that if they obeyed Him, He would
remove all abomination from them and thus purify them. He only wished to purify them if they met
this Condition.
If you analyze the context, you will find that Allah Almighty was giving the prophet’s wives some
divine directions to do all what He commanded them and to abstain from what He forbade. He thus
informed them that if they Conformed to his commands and abstained from what he forbade, He
would reward them by removing all abomination from them and make them pure and stainless.
It should be noted that God Almighty has used this pattern of speech to address our predecessors.
Consider the following verse:
“ Allah does not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete
his favor upon you , that ye may be grateful.” Quran 5 : 6
In another verse, He thus says: “Allah does wish to make clear to you and to show you the
ordinances of those before you.” Quran 4 : 26
He also says: “ Allah does wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created weak
(in flesh ). “ Quran 4 : 28
The wish of Allah expressed in the above mentioned verses comes as a condition of being loyal to
His commands, to love Him and make Him pleased with you. Otherwise, without fulfilling this
condition, His wish cannot come into reality, i.e the purification cannot occur.
7. The main aim of the Prophet in his aforementioned Hadeeth was to pray for his kith and kin to
get all their abomination removed from them by Allah, and to be purified as well. This implies that he
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