Love for the Ahl al-Bayt and the Companions ﵃ — and Enmity Toward Them

Question

(1) Is love for the Ahl al-Bayt of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a part of iman? If it is, cite an explicit text. And if it is not, then what is the meaning of the noble verse “la as’alukum fi’l-qurba”, in what manner should this love be expressed, and who is included among the Ahl al-Bayt? (2) Those people who claim to be Muslims and yet are insolent toward the rank of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his pure wives — are they Muslims or not? If not, cite some noble verse in support of this.

Answer

The mark of one who has believed in the Prophet ﷺ and is devoted to him with his whole soul is that he loves — each according to its rank — everything connected with him: his mosque, his blessed resting place, his homeland, the noble Qur’an he brought and its injunctions, his hadith and its injunctions, his food and drink, his clothing, his mounts, his weapons, his manner of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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