cloak and said: ((O Allah, these are the People of my House!)) In some of the narrations, he says: ((…my Offspring!)), ((…my People, the People of my House!)), ((…the People of my House and my Special Ones)). Al-„Allâmah al-Hujjah, Majiddīn bin Muhammad al-Mu`ayyadi, may Allah benefit by his knowledge, said in At-Tuhfat al-Fatimiyyah: It is general usage (samâ‘a) mentioned briefly to be easy and not to offend (?).

In Kitāb Faža’il al-Khamsa, it says:

Muslim narrated the hadīth of the cloak in the volume “The Virtues of the Companions” in the chapter entitled “The Virtues of the People of the Prophet‟s House” on the authority of A‟isha.

Al-Hākim narrated it in his Mustadrak (V. 3, p. 147) and says: “It is authentic according to the conditions of the two shaykhs [i.e. al-Bukhari and Muslim].” Al-Bayhaqi narrated it in as-Sunan (V. 2, p. 149), and Ibn Jarīr narrated it in his Tafsīr (V. 22, p. 5). As-Suyūti narrated it in Durr al-Manthūr regarding the exegesis of the Verse of Purification [Q. 33:33] and says: “Ahmed, Ibn Abi Hātim, and Ibn Abi Shayba relate it. Az-Zamakhshari also related it in his exegesis of the Verse of Mutual Cursing [Q. 3:61].”

Al-Fakhr ar-Razi narrated it and said: “Know that these narrations are a matter of agreement between the scholars of Qur‟ānic exegesis and hadīth.” At-Tirmidhi narrated it in [in his Sunan] (V. 2, p. 209) on the authority of Umar bin Abi Salama, (p. 319) on the authority of Umm Salama, and says: It is in a chapter on the authorities of Umar bin Abi Salama, Anas, Abu al-Hamrā, Ma‟qul bin Yasār, and A‟isha.

As-Suyūti narrated it in his exegesis of the verse {Command your people to pray} (Q. 20:132). He said: “Ibn Mardawayh, Ibn „Asākir, and Ibn An-Najjār on the authority of Abu Sa‟id al-Khudri relate it.” He also said: “When the verse {Command your people to pray} was revealed, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, came to the door of „Ali, upon him be peace, at the prayer time for eight months and said: ((It is time for prayer, may Allah be merciful to you! Verily Allah wills to remove from you sin, O People of the House, and purify you thoroughly)).”

Al-Hākim narrated it [in Mustadrak] (V. 2, p.416) on the authority of Umm Salama, and said that it was authentic according to the conditions of al-Bukhari. He also narrated it in on the authority of „Abdullah bin Ja‟far bin Abu Tālib (V. 3, p. 147) and in the sermon of al-Hassan bin „Ali (V. 3, p. 172). In this sermon, al-Hassan said: “I am from the People of the House that Allah removed sin from and purified thoroughly!”

As-Suyūti narrated it in Durr al-Manthūr (V. 5, p. 198-199) and said: “Ibn Mardawayh related it in the authority of Umm Salama…It is related by Ibn Mardawayh, al-Khatīb on the authority of Abu Sa‟id, at-Tirmidhi and he authenticated it, Ibn Jarīr, Ibn al-Mundhir, al-Hākim and he authenticated it, al-Bayhaqi on the authorities of Umm Salama and Wāthila bin al-Asqa‟, Ibn Abi Hātim, at-Tabarāni on the authority of Abu Sa‟id, Ibn Abi Shayba, and Ahmed.”

Ahmed in his Musnad (V. 1, p. 330) on the authority of Ibn „Abbās who related a hadīth he remembered from the 10 virtues of „Ali, (V. 4, p. 107) on the authority of Wāthila bin al-Asqa‟, (V. 6, p. 292) on the authorities of Umm Salama and Shahr bin Hūshib.

An-Nisā‟i narrated it on p. 4 on the authority of Sa‟d bin Abi Waqqās. It is also narrated in Tarikh al-Baghdad (V. 10, p. 278) on the authority of Abu Sa‟id al-Khudri. At-Tabari [narrated it in at-Tarikh] (V. 22, p. 6) on the authority of Abu al-Hamrā and (V. 36, p. 5) on the authority of Abu Sa‟id.

It was also narrated in Riyađ an-Nađara (V. 2, p.188), in Ibn „Abdul-Barr‟s Al-Isti‘ab (V. 2, p.