Children of Ali are Progeny of The Holy Prophet

ruler then the rule is also a trust of the nation. If you have knowledge then that is also a trust in your possession. As far as the standard to judge the trustworthiness of a trustee is concerned, it is that if someone holds power then he must use it for the welfare of the people who have elected him or for whosoever he is appointed over. If one holds someone‟s secret then he should not reveal it. If a man is entrusted someone‟s wealth or property then he should not be dishonest in keeping it. Just like other virtues of the Prophet, the virtues of trustworthiness and honesty were also embedded in Ali‟s nature. Because of these qualities, at the time of migration, Prophet Mohammad made Ali the trustee to return the valuables of the people of Quraish on his behalf. Ali guarded them all night and despite the fact that the infidels of Makkah were not just the enemies of Prophet Mohammad but had animosity against him as well, he ensured to safely return all the valuables and then headed towards Madina.

During his caliphate, Ali was extremely careful in using the money from the treasury. Once, because of the poor financial state of Ali, his servant Qanbar took some expensive utensils from the treasury to use in Ali‟s house. When Ali found about it, he reproached the servant and said, “Return the utensils. Do you want to push me towards destruction?”

CHILDREN OF ALI ARE PROGENY OF THE HOLY PROPHET

It is the rule of nature that progeny of every man continues from him, however, Ali was blessed with this special honour that Allah continued the progeny of Prophet Mohammad from Ali. The children of Ali and Fatimah tuz-Zahra are the children of the Prophet and his progeny continued from them. Mian Mohammad Bakhsh says:

ید ںنہاا تراصو شکل ، ؐنبی لآید ؓعل دلاوا

یندجا ید راندا میل،ےہندرا نہ پپا لکھ لیا منا

Explanation: The children of Ali are in fact the progeny of the Holy Prophet. They resemble the Holy Prophet in every way. Remembering them eliminates not only millions of sins but also cleanses the rust of inward and enlightens it with the light of Truth.

Ali is included in People of the Cloak, in fact the title „People of the Cloak‟ is for his family.

 Umm Salama relates that once Prophet Mohammad sall’Allahu alayhi wa’alihi wasallam was in her house. The verse was revealed:

﴾﴿اریہطت مکرہطیوتیبلالہاسجرلامکنعبہذیل ہللادیریامنا

) (33:33

Meaning: Allah only intends to remove rijs41 from you, O People of the Cloak (of the Prophet, [even a doubt]) and make you absolutely pure and clean by blessing you with (perfect) purity and wholesomeness. (33:33) Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatimah bint Mohammad, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali came. The Prophet covered all of them with his cloak and looked towards the sky and prayed twice,

41 The Arabic word rijs (جسرا) is interpreted by different exegetists as:  Abu Zayd relates that in the verse rijs means Satan.  Ibn Atyah says, “Rijs refers to sin, torment, impurities and weaknesses. Allah has saved People of the Cloak from all such things.”  Ibn Arabi has written in nineteenth chapter of al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, “Since the

Prophet is pure in his essence therefore Allah kept him and People of the Cloak pure in every respect and made them impeccable. In Arab every impure, flawed and undesirable thing is referred to as rijs.”