The obvious meaning indicates that the AhlulBayt belong to...

The obvious meaning indicates that the AhlulBayt belong to the same origin as the Prophet (SA) as they share the same flesh and blood – and this is an indication of family relations. One may wonder why the Prophet (SA) is emphasizing this fact when no one can deny that his daughter, cousin, and grandsons are related to him by blood and flesh. But it is not any flesh and any blood that is being mentioned now.

The individuals under the cloak are being associated with the flesh and blood of the Holy Prophet and the Seal of Messengers, who is the best of creation in the eyes of the Creator! What great honor and blessing is that? Shouldn’t we pause here to reflect on this reality and conclude what should be concluded? In fact, it is not distant blood relation where a person may be related to a person distantly.

Rather, it is direct and immediate relation where the pure blood of the Prophet (SA) is directly transferred physically in the bodies of the holy AhlulBayt (AS) which also carries with it the spiritual purity as Allah (SWT) has willed.

Furthermore, we should be cognizant of the fact that the Prophet (SA) shares the same blood and flesh as his household because they are all created from the same light and from the same origin as cited in many narrations such as the Prophetic statement, خلق الله الناس من أشجار شتى وخلقني وأنت (يا علي) من شجرة واحدة.

“ Allah created the people from different trees and He created me and you (Oh Ali) from the same tree .” In the books Musnad by Ibn Hanbal and Manaqib by Ibn Maghazili, the Prophet (SA) is recorded to have said, " I and Ali Bin Abi Talib both were a single light in the presence of Allah 14,000 years before the creation of Adam. When Allah created Adam, he deposited that light in Adam's loins. We remained together as one light until we separated in Abul-Muttalib's loins.

Then I was endowed with Prophethood and Ali with the caliphate ." The words “flesh” and “blood” are selectively used by the Prophet (SA) as the example in the Tradition of the Cloak although we understand that all the body parts are also from the same origin and developed from the flesh and blood of the Prophet. After all, a fetus is developed from a drop of semen which is formed from the blood in the veins and mixed with flesh, which is also the origin.

Hence, all of the Members of the Cloak come from the shared origin of the Prophet (SA). Previous…