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46. Tafseer Rooh al-Bayan, by al-Barusi V7, P.171
47. Tas-heel al-Wusool ILA Ma’arfati Asbaab al-Nuzool, P. 274
Yazid b. Hayyan reported: I went along with Husain b. Sabra and ‘Umar b. Muslim to
Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat by his saide, Husain said to him: Zaid, you have been able
to aquire a great virtue that you saw Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) listened to his talk,
fought by side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind him,. Zaid, you have in fact
earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you heard from Allah’s Messenger
(SAWS). He said: I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten
some of the things, which I remembered in connection with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). So accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do
not compel me to do that. He then said: One day, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) stood up to deliver sermon at a watering place known as Khum (Ghadir Khum)
which is situated between Mecca and Medina. He praised Allah, Extolled Him, delivered
the sermon, exhorted (us), and said: "Now to our purpose, O people, I am a human being.
I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I shall answer
that call (would bid good-bye to you).But I’m leaving among you two weighty things: the
one being the Book of Allah.The second are the members of my household (Ahlul-Bayt).
By Allah I remind you (of your duties) to the Members of my House (saying three
times)." He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren't his
wives the members of his family? Thereupon Zaid said: His wives are among Ahlul-Bayt
but here Ahlul-Bayt are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said:
Who are they? Thereupon he said: Ali and the offspring of Ali; Aqil and the offspring of
Aqil, and the offspring of Ja'far and the offspring of Abbas. These are those for whom the
acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: yes.
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1) Sahih Muslim, Arabic, with commentary by Imam Nawawi, V15, P. 179-180
2) Sahih Muslim, English, V4, Ch.CMXCVI, P. 1286-1287, H.No.5920
3) Sahih Ibn Khozeima, V2, P.1132, H.No.2357
4) Fadhail al-Sahaba by Imam Nisai, P.22
Furthermore, we find another authentic tradition, recorded in Sahih Muslim, which
further clears the picture more specifically of the previous Hadith:
Narrated Yazid Ibn Hayyan: We went to Zaid Ibn Arqam and said to him: You have
found goodness (for you had the honour) to live in the company of the Prophet (SAWS)
and offered prayer behind him, and the rest of the Hadith is the same (as 3 traditions
before) but the Prophet said: "Behold, for I am leaving amongst you two weighty things,
one of them is the Book of Allah...", and in this (Hadith) these words are also found: We
said: "Who are his Ahl ul-Bait (that the Prophet was referring to)? Are they his
wives?" Thereupon Zaid said: "No, by Allah! A woman lives with a man (as his wife)
for a certain period; he then divorces her and she goes back to her parents and to her
people; the members of his household include his ownself and his kith and kin ( who are
related to him by blood) and for him the acceptance of Zakat is prohibited.
1) Sunan al-Darami, V2, P432