The Noblest Lineage

Dear Islamic brothers! The beloved Prophet’s offspring also have a unique status; there is no lineage in the world like theirs.

Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. ꜤAbbās رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا relates that the Noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, said:

Allah Almighty divided creation into two categories, and placed me in the most excellent category among them. Then He divided those two categories into three categories, and placed me in the most excellent and best category among those three. Then He created tribes from those three categories, and placed me in the most excellent and loftiest tribe. Then He divided the tribes into families, and placed me in the most excellent and best family".

Accordingly, Allah Almighty states:^[1]

اِنَّمَا یُرِیْدُ اللّٰہُ  لِیُذْھِبَ عَنْکُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَھْلَ الْبَیْتِ وَ یُطَہِّرَکُمْ  تَطْہِیْرًا (ۚ۳۳)

Allah only wants to remove every impurity from you, O family of the Prophet, and to purify you completely.^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A special feature of Ahl al-Bayt's lineage

O devotees of the Companions and Ahl al-Bayt! Firstly, the lineage of the esteemed Prophetic Household is most noble. Along with this, a significant virtue of this pure and elevated lineage is that on the terrifying Day of Judgement, when all relationships and ties will break, when a mother will abandon her only child, and a father will let go of his son's hand, this pure lineage will remain established. The greatness of