Ihyaail Mayyit be Fazail

Praise be to Allah and benediction upon those purified personalities who were the chosen ones from all of humanity- Muhammad and Aale Muhammad. This is a collection of sixty traditions and I have given it the title “Ihyaail Mayyit be Fazail-e-Ahle Bayt” (Excellences of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) that bring the dead back to life).

By this endeavour the writer's aim is to awaken the people from their slumber like the revivification of a dry tree. So that, the excellences of Aale Muhammad inculcates in the people love for these noble personages and by following their example they may achieve success in this world as well as the hereafter.

Tradition No. 1

It is recorded in the Sunan of Saeed Ibn Mansoor from Saeed ibne Jubair that, the people whose love has been made obligatory in the Quranic ayat, “Say I do not ask for any recompense for this except the love of my nearest relatives”1 ; are the nearest of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.).2

Tradition No. 2

It has been recorded in the commentaries of Ibne Mundhir, Ibne Ibi Hatim and Ibne Murduwya; and also in the Mojamul Kabir of Tibrani that Ibne Abbas said: “When the verse, ‘Say I do not ask for any recompense for this except the love of my nearest relatives'was revealed, I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah who are your nearest relatives whose love is obligatory for us’? The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) replied, “Ali, Faitma, and their two sons.”1

Tradition No. 3

Ibn Abi Hatim narrates from Ibne Abbas regarding the ayat of Quran: “...and whoever earns good,”2 Ibne Abbas said that it refers to those who love Aale Muhammad.”3

And it is narrated from Imam Hasan (a.s.) that he said, “earning of good is loving us Ahle Bayt (a.s.).”1

It is the honour achieved only through the love and attachment of the Ahle Bayt (a.s.)

Tradition No. 4

Ahmed, Tirmizi, Sehah, Nasai and Hakim have all narrated through Matlab bin Rabi that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “By Allah! Faith cannot enter the heart of anyone if he does not love my nearest relatives for the sake of Allah and for the sake of the nearest relatives.”2

Tradition No. 5

Muslim, Tirmizi and Nasai have recorded from Zaid bin Arqam that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: “Fear Allah! Beware that you do not distance yourself from my Ahle Bayt.”

The same tradition is recorded in Sahih Muslim in the chapter of the excellences of Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.). The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) has repeated the words “Fear Allah” thrice.1

Tradition No. 6

Tirmizi, Husna and Al-Hakim record from Zaid bin Arqam that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: “I am leaving amongst you those things that if you remain attached to them you will not deviate after me. (they are) The book of Allah and my Progeny, my Ahle Bayt. They will not separate till they reach me at the pool. So be careful how you behave with them (after me).2