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yazid bin haiyan reported: i went along with husain bin sabrah and `amr bin muslim to zaid bin arqam (radhi allahu anhuma) and, as we sat by his side, husain said to him, "zaid, you acquired great merits, you saw messenger of allah listened to him talking, fought by his side in different) battles, and offered salat (prayer) behind him. zaid, you have indeed earned great merits. could you narrate to us what you heard from the messenger of allah ?'' zaid said, "by allah! i have grown old and have almost spent up my age and i have forgotten some of the things which i remembered in connection with the messenger of allah , so accept what i narrate to you, do not compel me to narrate what i fail to narrate".
thereupon zaid said, "his wives are the members of his family. (but here) the members of his family are those for whom zakat is forbidden".
zaid :radiyallahuanhsaid, "yes". [muslim].
"i am leaving behind me two weighty things. one of them is the book of allah; that is the strong rope of allah. whosoever holds firmly to it, will be the guided, and whosoever leaves it goes astray".
1. messenger of allah was a human being. he too was subject to the inevitable law of death.
2. it stresses upon the establishment of a firm bond with the book of allah (the qur'an) and lays emphasis on showing respect and honour to the members of the prophet's family.
firstly, wives of messenger of allah or mothers of the believers. this is established from the categorical verses of the noble qur'an.
secondly, persons who have close relationship with messenger of allah . they are banu hashim and banu abdul-muttalib and include descendants of `ali, `aqil, ja`far, `abbas and harith (radhi allahu anhum).
sadaqah is unlawful for the latter category.
ibn `umar (radhi allahu anhuma) reported: abu bakr said: "show reverence to messenger of allah by honouring the members of his family.'' [al-bukhari].
commentary: in this hadith, the love and respect for the members of the prophet's family has been tied with the love and respect of the prophet . in other words, a person who loves and respects the descendants of the prophet will be deemed to be a lover and admirer of the prophet . on the contrary, one whose heart is devoid of the love of the descendants of the prophet , will be considered devoid of the love and respect of the prophet .
but love and respect here does not mean that they are taken for sinless persons and their status is exaggerated beyond reason, as is the case with the shiites. their whole religious thinking is founded on the exaggeration of the qualities of the members of the family of messenger of allah and they have exhausted their imagination in proving them sinless.
while their love and respect lies in adopting the noble features of their character and cherishing their piety. their love and respect does not lie in sentimental attachment with a particular family and exaggerating its praise beyond all limits.
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I found 167 "h"s in the provided passage.
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