Age of Ignorance, Household of Muhammad, hypocrites

One of his (a.s) sermons, delivered after his departure from Ṣiffin, in which he describes the state of the people before the Proclamation of the Prophet (sw), the characteristics of the family of the Prophet, and then…

I praise Allāh seeking completion of His Blessing, submitting to His Glory and expecting safety from committing His sins. I invoke His help being in need of His Sufficiency (of protection). He whom He guides does not get…

I stand witness that there is no god but Allāh the One. He has no like. My testimony has been tested in its frankness, and its essence is our belief. We shall cling to it for ever till we live and shall store it facing…

I also stand witness that Muḥammad (S) is His. slave and His Prophet. Allāh sent him with the illustrious religion, effective emblem, written Book, [1] effulgent light, sparkling gleam and decisive injunction in order to…

Allāh was being disobeyed, Satan was given support and Belief had been forsaken. As a result the pillars of religion fell down, its traces could not be discerned, its passages had been destroyed and its streets had…

In the same sermon Amīr al-mu’minīn referred to Al an-Nabi (the Household of the Holy Prophet) as under.

They are the trustees of His secrets, shelter for His affairs, source of knowledge about Him, centre of His wisdom, valleys for His books and mountains of His religion. With them Allah straightened the bend of religion’s…

In the same Sermon he spoke about the hypocrites

They sowed vices, watered them with deception and harvested destruction.

Ali Muhammad

None in the Islamic community can be taken at par with the Progeny [3] of the Prophet (Ãlu Muḥammad). One who was under their obligation cannot be matched with them. They are the foundation of religion and pillar of…