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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shi'ah Are (the Real) Ahl Al-sunnah Chapter 31 :how "ahl Al-sunnah Wal Jama`a" Distort the Blessing of Muhammad and His Progeny Carefully discern this chapter, may Allah look after you, for you will come to know what "Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama`a" conceal, and to what extent they have gone in hating the Progeny of the Prophet, leaving no virtue of without distorting it.

Among such distortions is the sending of blessings unto Muhammad and his Progeny as ordained in the Holy Qur'an. Al-Bukhari and Muslim, as well as all Sunni scholars who came after them, indicate that the sahaba once came to meet with the Prophet when the following verse was revealed: Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who believe! Invoke (Divine) blessings unto him and salute him with a becoming salutation. (Holy Qur'an, 33:56) They said, "O Messenger of Allah!

We know how to salute you, but we do not know who to bless you!" The Prophet said, "You should say: `O Allah!

Bless Muhammad and the Progeny of Muhammad (Aali Muhammad) just as You blessed Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim, surely You are often Praised, Glorified.'"[^136] Other traditionists have added to the above saying that the Prophet said (furthermore) to them: "Do not bless me with a curtailed blessing." They asked him, "And what is a curtailed blessing, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "It is your saying: `O Allah! Bless Muhammad,' then you stop.

Allah is Perfect and accepts nothing less than perfection." This is why Imam al-Shafi`i was prompted to openly advocate that if anyone does not bless , his prayers are not accepted by Allah.