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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shiite Apologetics Question Twenty-two Why Do the Shiites say that Imam `Alis sons, Hasan and Husayn are the Prophets sons? Answer: A survey of the Quran commentaries, history books and narrations makes it clear that the belief referred to above is not held just by the Shiites, but that it is unanimously agreed upon by all scholars of all Islamic sects, a fact for which there is plenty of evidence in the Book and the Prophets Sunnah.

Basing the discussion on the Glorious Quran, the narrations and the comments made by the distinguished exgesists, we will here deal with the clear evidence: The Quran considers ones consanguineous children descended from ones sons or daughters as his offspring.

In the following verse Prophet Jesus is called a son of Ibrahim whereas Jesus is Marys son, linked to Prophet Ibrahim through his maternal line: And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob, each of whom We guided and Noah did We guide aforetime, and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good, and Zachariah and John and Jesus.

64:84-5 Muslim scholars, as exemplified below, have taken the above verse as clear evidence for the fact the Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn (Peace be upon them) are the Prophets offspring. Jalal-u-Din Suyuti reports: Hajjaj summoned Yahya b. Ya`mur and (when he came), told him I have been told that you consider Hasan and Husayn as the holy Prophets offspring, and that you have found this in the Book of Allah, whereas I have studied through the Quran but have not been able to find it. Yahya b.

Ya`mur said Have you not studied the chapter al-An`am wherein is the verse And from his offspring (came) David, Solomon, John and Jesusa Hajjaj answered, I have. Yahya asked, Is Prophet Jesus not an offspring of Ibrahim, while we know he (Jesus) had no father (and was linked to Ibrahim through his maternal line)?

Hajjaj answered You are right.[1] It is clearly understood from this Quranic verse and from the interpretations the exegesists have given that not just the Shiites but all Muslim scholars consider Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn the offspring of the Prophet of God.

One of the clear verses of the Quran supporting the above truth is the mubahalah verse mentioned in ali-`Imran chapter And whoso disputeth with thee concerning it (the Divine Revelation) after the knowledge hath come unto thee, say (unto him): Come!