Ahl Al-Bait (The Prophets Family)
Ahl as-Sunnah should love the Prophet's family, give them support, and honor the Prophet's will in regard to them, as he said at
Ghadir al-Khum: "I ask you by Allah to take care of my family I ask you by Allah to take care of my family." (
Muslim)
[The Prophet] (peace be upon him) said to his uncle
al-Abbas when he complained to him that some men of
Quraysh resent
Banu Hashim (the Prophet's clan):
"By (Allah) in Whose Hands my soul is! They will never be believers until they love you for the sake of my relationship to you." (Reported by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and others)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"Indeed, Allah chose the sons of isma'il, and from them He chose Kinanah, and from Kinanah He chose Quraish, and from Quraish he chose Banu Hashim, and from Banu Hashim He chose me." (Reported by Muslim and Ibn Hanbal)
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'Ummahat Al-Mu'minin (The Prophets Wives)
[
Ahl as-Sunnah] should give support to the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), the Mothers of the Believers, and they should believe that they will be his wives in the Hereafter, especially
Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) the mother of most of his children, and the first person to believe in him and give him support, and he respected her very highly.
And [
A'ishah],
as-Siddiqah, the daughter of [
Abu Bakr]
as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with her and her father), of whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"A'ishah's superiority over women is like the superiority of ath-Tharid (a dish of sopped bread, meat and broth) over the rest of the food." (Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim)
[Ahl as-Sunnah] should forsake the Rawafid doctrine, those who hate the Prophet's Companions and revile them.
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Karamat Al-Awliya' (The Miracles of the Saints)
Among the fundamentals of the people of the
Sunnah and the Community is the belief in the miracles of the saints (
Karamat al- Awliya): Allah created supernatural acts through them in all aspects of life, revelations (
Mukashafat), power, and impressions. This is known of ancient nations in
Surat al-Kahf (chapter 18) and in other Qur'anic chapters and is known of the early men of this '
Ummah amongst the
Sahabah and the
Tabi'un and amongst the rest of the generations of this '
Ummah. It will be with them to the Day of Resurrection.
* Some traditionalists believe the victory (al-Fat-h) is the liberation of Makkah. (See Tafsir Ibn Kathir, VIII, pp.37-39 in his commentary on verse 10 of Suratal-Hadid 57.)
**They are: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, Talhah, Az-Zubair, Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, Sa'idibn Zayd, 'Abd ar-Rahman Ibn 'Awf and Abu 'Ubaidah Ibn al-Jarrah.