Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

For instance, consider the following narration of ʿĀʾishah J wherein she
mentions that Nabī H took hold of a sheep and laid it down saying:
باسم الله،‏ اللهم تقبل من محمد وآل محمد ومن أمة محمد
In the name of Allah. O Allah accept from Muḥammad, the family of
Muḥammad. and the Ummah of Muḥammad.
And thereafter slaughtered it. 1
Linking the word Ummah to the word Āl by way of a conjunction is indicative of
them being different, even though the second is part of the first. Because linking
by way of a conjunction necessitates variance between what is being linked
and what it is being likened to by default, as long as there is no evidence to the
contrary. 2
Furthermore, explaining the word Āl in light of the speech of Nabī H is
better than explaining it in light of the speech of others. 3
Proof 2:
The following narration of Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ I:
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم دعا حسنا وحسينا،‏ فأجلس كل واحد منهما على فخذه،‏ وأدنى فاطمة من
حجره وزوجها،‏ ثم لف عليهم ثوبه ثم قال:‏ اللهم هؤلء أهلي.‏ قال واثلة:‏ فقلت يا رسول الله وأنا من
أهلك؟ فقال:‏ وأنت من أهلي
1 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: chapter of sacrificial animals: sub-chapter regarding the desirability of the sacrificial
animal being chubby and slaughtering it without appointing anyone else to do so, and saying the
Tasmiyah and the Takbīr: ḥadīth no. 1967.
2 Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh 2/57; Fatḥ al-Bārī 8/332; al-Taftāzānī: Sharḥ al-Talwīḥ ʿalā al-Tawdīḥ
1/208.
3 Jilāʾ al-Afhām p. 215.
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