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Hence the explicit will take precedence over the implicit, as is well established in
the principles of Fiqh. 1
Thirdly, if the narration suggests exclusivity, then what is the proof for the
progeny of those enshrouded being included in the Ahl al-Bayt, whereas the
exclusivity ought to have excluded them as well? 2
Lastly, the reason for not including Umm Salamah J is either because her
inclusion in the verses was already obvious due to the context, or because ʿAlī
I was not her Maḥram (close male relative who is unmarriageable). 3
The Second View
Āl refers to those who stayed with Nabī H, i.e. his wives and his children.
The proponents of this view have advanced the following as evidence:
Proof 1: the verse:
إِناَّمَ‏ ا يُرِيْدُ‏ اللّٰهُ‏ لِيُذْ‏ هِ‏ بَ‏ عَ‏ نْكُ‏ مْ‏ الرِّ‏ جْ‏ سَ‏ أَهْ‏ لَ‏ الْبَيْتِ‏ وَ‏ يُطَ‏ هِّ‏ رَ‏ كُ‏ مْ‏ تَطْ‏ هِيراً‏ ا.‏
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. 4
They aver that the context of the verse definitively refers to the wives of Nabī
H alone, for Allah E says:
يَا أَيُّهَ‏ ا الناَّبِيُّ‏ قُل لِّ‏ ‏َزْ‏ وَ‏ اجِ‏ كَ‏ إِنْ‏ كُ‏ نْتُناَّ‏ تُرِدْ‏ نَ‏ الْحَ‏ يَاةَ‏ الدُّ‏ نْيَا وَ‏ زِيْنَتَهَ‏ ا فَتَعَ‏ الَيْنَ‏ أُمَ‏ تِّعْ‏ كُ‏ ناَّ‏ وَ‏ أُسَ‏ رِّ‏ حْ‏ كُ‏ ناَّ‏ سَ‏ رَ‏ احاً‏ ا
جَ‏ مِ‏ يْ‏ الاً‏
1 Al-Maḥṣūl 5/579; Nayl al-Awṭār 2/327.
2 Nayl al-Awṭār 2/327.
3 ʿAqīdah Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah fī al-Ṣaḥābah wa Ahl al-Bayt 2/159.
4 Sūrah Aḥzāb: 33.
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