Hadith No: 8
Ibn al-Athir - Usd al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah
Book of Women - Letter F - 7175: Fatimah daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (222/223)
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- .... Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Suwayda narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Fadl ibn Nasir al-Salamiyya narrated to us, saying: Abu Salih Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Ali al-Mu'adhdhin narrated to us, saying: al-Hakim Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz and the Qadi Abu Bakr al-Hayriri both said: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan ibn Makram narrated to us, saying: Uthman ibn Umar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah narrated to us, from Sharik ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Numayr, from Ata ibn Yasar
from Um Salamah, who said: "The verse:
{ Indeed, Allah only intends to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Prophet's House, and to make you pure and spotless }(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:33)
was revealed in my house." She continued: "Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent for Fatimah, Ali, Hasan, and Husayn and said: 'These are my family.'" She said, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, am I not part of the People of the House?" He replied: "Yes, you are, inshaAllah, the Almighty." Abu Salih said: Al-Hakim said in the Mustadrak, from al-Asamm, who said: "This is sahih (authentic) according to the criterion of Muslim, but they did not include it."
- .... Abu Salih narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad al-Ahwazi narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Ubayd ibn Isma'il al-Saffar narrated to us, saying: Tamam ibn Muhammad ibn Ghalib narrated to us, saying: Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Ali ibn Zayd
from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) would pass by Fatimah's house for six months. Whenever he went out for the Fajr prayer, he would say: "Prayer, O People of Muhammad's House":{ Indeed, Allah only intends to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Prophet's House, and to make you pure and spotless }(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:33).