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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Glimpses of Shi'ism in the Musnad of Ibn Hanbal Chapter 10 : the Canonical Meaning of Ahl Al-bayt (‘a) Ibn Hanbal says: A. Ahmad has related from Muhammad bin Mas‘ab from Awza-‘i- from Shadda-d Abi- ‘Amma-r who narrates: I approached Wa-thilah bin Asqa‘ while a group of people was with him and were speaking about (Imam) ‘Ali- [(‘a)]. When they got up and left, Wa-thilah said: Do you want me to inform you what I had seen of the Messenger of Allah (S).

I replied in the affirmative. Wathilah said: I went to Fa-timah [(‘a)] to enquire about (Imam) ‘Ali- [(‘a)] and she said that he had gone to the Messenger of Allah (S). I waited for him to come and saw the Messenger of Allah (S) approaching with ‘Ali-, Hasan and Husayn. The Prophet entered with Hasan and Husayn holding either of his hands, and he went near to ‘Ali- and Fa-timah and made them sit on their knees in front of him and Hasan and Husayn.

Then he covered them with his cloak and recited this ayah: “Indeed, Allah desires to remove uncleanness from you O and keep you pure as pure can be.” (Holy Qur’a-n 33:33) Then he said: “Alla-humma ha-ula-’i Ahlu Bayti wa Ahlu Bayti ahaqq (O Allah these the people of my house and the people of my house are [certainly] most meritorious).”[^44] B.

Aswad bin ‘Amir has related to us from Hamma-d bin Salamah from ‘Ali- bin Zayd from Anas bin Ma-lik who narrates that for six months every morning when the Prophet came out (of his house), he would pass by the doorstop of Fa-timah’s house and say: “To prayer O , Indeed, Allah desires to remove uncleanness from you O and keep you pure as pure can be.”[^45] The above description reveals that the word in the context of this ayah is a canonical term established by the Holy Qur’a-n and elucidated by the Prophet who determined the identity of this group.