

Rather he is the best of the Ahl al-Bayt, the best of Bani Haashim after the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is so obvious to the Muslims that there is no need for evidence to prove it. He(ibn Taymiyyah) replied: With regard to ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib being one of the Ahl al-Bayt, this is something concerning which there is no difference of opinion among the Muslims.

Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah was asked about a man who said that ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib was not one of the Ahl al-Bayt (members of the Prophet’s household) and that it is not permissible to send blessings upon him, and that sending blessings upon him was bid’ah (an innovation). according to Muslim’s report the Angels recite for every momin ‘Sala Allah alayka wa ala jasdhaak'” Ģ. Ibn Hibban collected a tradition that a woman approached Rasulullah and requested ‘O Allah send blessings on me and my husband’ and Rasulullah (s) sent blessings in this manner.ĭ. ‘O Allah send your blessing & mercy upon the family Sa’d ibn UbadahĬ. Rasulullah (s) opened his hands and stated: the Prophet said, “O Allah! Send your blessings upon the offspring of Abu Aufa.”ī. They have sought to prove this in reliance of… the sahih hadith:Ī. In the view of Qazi Ayadh and most of the Ulema, it is permissible. Allamah Alusi wrote: “Sending blessings on other than the prophets & angels on this matter the views of the Ulema are different. Let us quote before you the views of scholars on this issue, which would clear this concept.ġ. Here we will be clearing this misconception from verses of Quran, authentic traditions(ahadees) and from the example of Salaf. The purpose behind writing this article is to educate many lay muslims who have a misconception that one cannot ask Allah to grant non-prophets peace(salam). In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. He is presently at work on a translation of Al-Baydāwī’s Tafsir and a monograph on the Birth of the Muslim Afterlife. obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford (Wolfson College) and is presently Research Associate in Qur’anic Studies at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. For the first time ever Tafsir al-Jalalayn is competently translated into an unabridged highly accurate and readable annotated English translation by Doctor Feras Hamza. 911 ah / 1505 ce), Tafsir al-Jalalayn is generally regarded as one of the most easily accessible works of Qur’anic exegesis because of its simple style and one volume length. 864 ah / 1459 ce) and his pupil Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d.

Composed by the two “Jalals” - Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. Tafsir al-Jalalayn is one of the most significant tafsirs for the study of the Qur’an.
