Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

In addition to that, the word Āl has been used in various texts for various
meanings; as a result, when many of the scholars found it plausible to apply a
particular meaning to a particular text they extended that meaning arbitrarily to
all the other texts as well.
Hence there are various views in this regard:
The First View
The Āl of Nabī is the people of the Kisāʾ (the shroud) and their progenies. The term
‘people of the Kisāʾ’ refers to ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, Ḥasan and Ḥusayn M. 1 This is the
view of majority of the members of Ahl al-Bayt who were Zaydīs. 2
They have advanced the following narration of ʿĀʾishah J as evidence for
their view:
قالت عائشة خرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم غداة وعليه مرط مرحل من شعر أسود فجاء الحسن بن علي
فأدخله ثم جاء الحسين فدخل معه ثم جاءت فاطمة فأدخلها ثم جاء علي فأدخله ثم قال إِناَّمَ‏ ا يُرِيدُ‏ اللاَّهُ‏
لِيُذْ‏ هِ‏ بَ‏ عَ‏ نْكُ‏ مْ‏ الرِّ‏ جْ‏ سَ‏ أَهْ‏ لَ‏ الْبَيْتِ‏ وَ‏ يُطَ‏ هِّ‏ رَ‏ كُ‏ مْ‏ تَطْ‏ هِيراً‏ ا.‏
Nabī H came out one morning and upon him was an embellished
shroud 3 made of black fur. Ḥasan I came and Nabī H covered him.
1 Al-Majmūʿ Sharḥ al-Muhadhdhab 3/431.
2 Nayl al-Awṭār 2/327. The Zaydiyyah are the followers of Zayd ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn
Abī Ṭālib. He would associate with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar L but would give preference to ʿAlī I
over them. He likewise considered it permissible to revolt against the rulers. His followers have subdivided
into many groups after agreeing that ʿAlī I was on the truth in all his battles and that
leadership is the exclusive right of his children; thus if anyone amongst them comes forth calling for
the establishment of the Qurʾān and the Sunnah it will be compulsory to unsheathe the sword with him
(support his mission). They also believe that those who commit major sins will be doomed to Jahannam
forever. See: Maqālāt al-Islāmiyyīn p. 65; al-Fiṣal 4/76; al-Farq bayn al-Firaq p. 16; al-Milal wa al-Niḥal 1/154.
3 Mirṭ refers to a specific type of Yemeni shroud made of wool or silk; its plural is Murūṭ. See: al-
Miṣbāḥ al-Munīr 2/569. Muraḥḥal also refers to a specific type of embellished Yemeni garment. The
reason why she brought the word Muraḥḥal as an adjective for Mirṭ is that it had drawings of saddles
on it. See: al-Fāʾiq 3/360; Lisān al-ʿArab 11/278.
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