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Surah Al-Insan and the superiority of the Prophet’s Household - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Surah Al-Insan and the superiority of the Prophet’s Household 2023-07-13 1215 Views Surah al-Insan , Surah al-Dahr , Excellence of Surah Al-Insan (Mankind) or Surah Al-Dahr (The Time) was revealed in Medina and contains 31 verses.

Despite its brevity, this Chapter presents a deep, varied and comprehensive theme which can be categorized into five sections: man’s creation from a drop of mingled sperm; his guidance and his free will; the reward promised the Righteous (This part is related to the pure Prophet’s Household); the merits which cause one to deserve the rewards; the importance of The Qur’an, and the dominance of Allah’s Will.

In the article, we shall examine the part related to the superiority and excellence of the pure Prophet’s Household (). It is pertinent to mention that verses 5 to 11 of the Chapter were revealed in honour of the pure Household of the Prophet: It was narrated by Ibn Abbas that at a time, both Hasan and Husain were sick and the Messenger of Allah (PBUHH) along with a group of his companions came to visit them. Then he said to Imam Ali: “O Abul Hasan!

It would be good if you took an oath (to Allah) for your children to be cured of their sickness.” Thus, Imam Ali and Fatima, and their maid, Fidhah, made an oath to Allah that if the children recovered, then they would fast for three days. According to some traditions, Hasan and Husain also participated in the oath. After a while, both the children were cured and became well. It is now the time to fulfil their oath of a three-day fast.

At the time of breaking the fast on the first day, a beggar came to the door of their house and said: ‘Peace be upon you, O’ family of Muhammad! I am a poor person from among the poor Muslims. Please give me some food – may Allah bless you with food from Paradise!’ All of the members of the house gave their portion of bread to the beggar and that evening, they all broke their fast with only water.

At the time of breaking the fast (Iftar) on the second day, an orphan came to the door and just like the previous day and said: ‘Peace be upon you, O’ family of Muhammad! I am an orphan from among the Muslim orphans. Please give me some food – may Allah bless you with food from Paradise!’ They gave the orphan whatever they had. Again, they broke their fast with only water and prepared to begin the third day of fasting.