Then, those people said, ‘O messenger of Allah, you are truthful.

Then, those people said, ‘O messenger of Allah, you are truthful.’ [2] The Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) confirmed that the verse had been revealed about them. Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The “Ha Mim” [3] is about us. It is the verse that no one keeps our love except the believers.’ Then he recited the verse, (Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives).

[4] Imam al-Hasan (a.s.) said in one of his sermons, ‘I am from the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) whom Allah has imposed their love on every Muslim when He said, (Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We [1] Hilyat al-Awliya’, vol.3 p.201. [2] As-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah, p.102. [3] It is the first verse in the Sura that contains the “verse of Mawaddah”.

[4] The Life of Imam al-Husayn bin Ali, vol.1 p.68, quoted from Kanzol Ummal, vol.1 p.218. give him more of good therein).

The earning of good is the love to us the Ahlul Bayt (a.s).’ [1] When Imam Zaynol Aabidin (as-Sajjad) (a.s.) was brought captive to Yazid bin Mo’awiya in Damascus, an ignorant man came and said to him (Imam as-Sajjad), ‘Praise be to Allah Who killed and uproot you, and cut off the cause of sedition.’ Imam Zaynol Aabidin (a.s.) said kindly to him, ‘Have you read the Qur'an?’ The man said, ‘Yes, I have.’ The Imam said, ‘Have you read the “Ha Mim”?’ The man said, ‘I have read the Qur'an but I have not read the “Ha Mim”.’ The Imam said, ‘Have you not read , (Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives) ?’ The man was astonished and said to the imam, ‘Are they you ?’ Imam Zaynol Aabidin (a.s.) said, ‘Yes.’ [2] The man left feeling too regretful for the bad word he said to the Imam.

Al-Fakhr ar-Razi said, ‘If this is proved (that this verse concerns the Ahlul Bayt), then they must be glorified and highly revered…there are many proofs leading to this: The first is the saying of Allah (but love to the near relatives) … Definitely, the relation between the Prophet (a.s.) and Fatima, Ali, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn was the strongest, and this shows that they were his near relatives.

The second is that there is no doubt that the Prophet (a.s.) loved Fatima (a.s) when he said, ‘Fatima is a part from me. Whatever harms her harms me.’ It is also proved by recurrent traditions transmitted from (a.s.) that he loved Ali, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn.