Quote:Hence 24:26 has nothing to do with "Purification" or 33:33. Infact Shia scholars have used 24:26 to defend the honour of the Prophets wives and rebuke any accusations of Adultery. The context of this verse is clearly adultery.
Oh? One of the main reasons that I pointed this verse out is because I'm more familiar with Shi'ite scholars calling A'isha an adulteress.
Quote:"AhlulBayt" are a specific group of people pointed in the Quran and simply the relationship of marriage does not include one in it.
Out of curiousity, how do you define "ahlul-bayt" and what distinguishes it from "ahl"?
Quote:Here is the Hadith in arabic using the word AhlulBayt very clearly. If this is indeed the same group of people as in Quran 33:33 then the wives are definitely not included.
Well, the other hadeeth you quoted states that they are from his house:
Quote:Aren't his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives<b> are</b> the members of his family.
Here's another one:
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 316:
Narrated Anas:
A banquet of bread and meat was held on the occasion of the marriage of the Prophet to Zainab bint Jahsh. I was sent to invite the people (to the banquet), and so the people started coming (in groups); They would eat and then leave. Another batch would come, eat and leave. So I kept on inviting the people till I found nobody to invite. Then I said, "O Allah's Prophet! I do not find anybody to invite." He said, "Carry away the remaining food." Then a batch of three persons stayed in the house chatting. <b>The Prophet left and went towards the dwelling place of Aisha and said, "Peace and Allah's Mercy be on you, O the people of the house!"</b> She replied, "Peace and the mercy of Allah be on you too. How did you find your wife? May Allah bless you. <b>Then he went to the dwelling places of all his other wives and said to them the same as he said to Aisha and they said to him the same as Aisha had said to him.</b> Then the Prophet returned and found a group of three persons still in the house chatting. The Prophet was a very shy person, so he went out (for the second time) and went towards the dwelling place of 'Aisha. I do not remember whether I informed him that the people have gone away. So he returned and as soon as he entered the gate, he drew the curtain between me and him, and then the Verse of Al-Hijab was revealed.
---فخرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فانطلق إلى حجرة عائشة فقال السلام عليكم أهل البيت---
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display...?Doc=0&Rec=7027
As you can see, the Prophet (pbuh) considers his wives as "ahlul-bayt" as well.
Quote:I can only anticipate your next argument (im guessing it might involve 28:12 or 11:73). However I will leave it here.
I laughed hard when I read that. Feels like we're playing a game of chess right about now. Out of curiousity how would you respond to those verses? I haven't been doing this for a while, so you see I'm getting rusty.
I've always wondered what's the Shi'ite argument to the grammar of verse concerning that first word: "inama"
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
In other verses in the Qur'an for example 9:55:
Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in reality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
You see, "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ" can be found in both verses. Also, these three words are used to connect the statements the previous and latter statements. In 9:55, إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ connects the wealth and the sons to Allah's plan of punishing them. Similarly, in 33:33 "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ" connects these instructions that were made to the wives of the Prophet (pbuh) to his wishes of making them pure.
The only way for "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا" to not be connected to the wives of the Prophet (pbuh) is if said something similar to إِنَُّ اللَّه يُرِيد instead of إِنَّمَا.
" إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ " has been used three other times in the Qur'an and "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ " has been used once. Yet in all the times, these words act to connect the previous and latter statement.
I can see how you would have a problem with understanding this if you're just learning some of these Arabic grammar rules. In any case, you could always make sure of what I'm saying by asking Sheikhs or even some of the knowledgable forum members.
By the way, does Shi'ites consider إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا to be a seperate verse from the rest of 33:33?
Phew... That took a lot of time.