Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

At times the injunction is to send salutations upon Nabī H and his wives
K, as in the narration of Abū Ḥumayd I.
And at times, the injunction is to send salutations upon him and his Āl, i.e. the
rest of his relatives, like in the narration of Kaʿb ibn ʿUjrah I and others.
This variance in sending salutations is in consideration of the virtue of each one.
That is to say that because, after the grace of Allah E, all credit goes to Rasūl
Allāh H in guiding the creation, we are told to send salutations upon him
all the time and in every condition.
As for his wives and his relatives M, their merit and high stature is obvious.
But their merit is in reality an offshoot of the merit and status of Nabī H.
We are thus told to send salutations upon this group at times and upon the other
group at other times.
The Third View
Āl refers to those of the relatives of Nabī H for who Ṣadaqah (charity) is
impermissible, keeping in mind the differences of the scholars in specifying
them. This is the view of Mālik, the stated opinion of al-Shāfiʿī and a narration
from Aḥmad. And this is the view of the majority.
Their proofs are as follows:
Proof 1:
The following narration of Abū Hurayrah I:
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يؤتى بالتمر عند صرام النخل فيجيء هذا بتمره وهذا من تمره حتى
يصير عنده كوما من تمر فجعل الحسن والحسين رضي الله عنهما يلعبان بذلك التمر فأخذ أحدهما تمرة
فجعلها في فيه فنظر إليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فأخرجها من فيه فقال أما علمت أن آل محمد
صلى الله عليه وسلم ل يأكلون الصدقة
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