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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Question & Answer Question 22 : Why Do the Shia Regard the Offspring's of Ali Bin Abi Talib (hassan and Hussein) To Be the Offsprings of the Holy Prophet? ANSWER: When studying the books of various commentaries, history and narrations, it becomes clear that such a belief is not exclusive for only the Shia, rather it can be said that all the Muslim researchers of the different Islamic groups have agreed upon this matter.

At this point, let us mention evidences that clarify this matter by referring to the holy Quran, different narrations and the speech of well-known interpreters. Basically, the Holy Quran considers the consanguineous children of a person as his own children. The children born of ones children (either son or daughter) are also considered as ones children.

From the Quranic point of view and the tradition, there are many evidences proving this fact, some of which are as follows: The Holy Quran, at the end of the following verse considers Esa (p) of the children of P. Ebrahim whilst H. Esa is the son of Maryam (p) and is related to H.

Ebrahim through the mother: "And we gave him Ishaaq and Yaqub; each did we guide, and Nuh did we guide before and of his descendents, Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayyub and Yusuf and Haroon; and thus we reward those who do good (to others) and Zechariah and Yahya and Esa" The Muslim scholars consider this verse as clear evidence that Imam Hasan (p) and Imam Hussein (p) are the offsprings of the holy Prophet (p).

Yet in other instances, we look up at the following examples in the Holy Quran: Question 23 : Why do the Shias consider caliphate to be through the appointment of God? ANSWER: It is evident that the sacred religion of Islam is a universal and eternal religion, and as long as the honorable Prophet was alive, the leadership of the person after him is assigned only to the Prophet; after him it would be assigned to the best person of the nation.