Translations:On Dördüncü Lem'a/47/en
My brother! Regarding your question about the People of the Cloak, only one of the many instances of wisdom concerning it will be explained, as follows: Many mysteries and instances of wisdom are found in God’s Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) covering ‘Ali (May God be pleased with him) and Fatima (May God be pleased with her) and Hasan and Husayn (May God be pleased with them) with the blessed cloak he wore, and his praying for them with the verse, [And God only wishes] to remove all abomination from you, members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.(33:33)(*[1])I shall not discuss the mysteries, but one instance of wisdom connected with the function of messengership is this:
- ↑ *This narration has various lines of transmission, see, Muslim, Fada’il al-Sahaba, 61; Tirmidhi, Manaqib, 60; Musnad, i, 330; iv, 107; vi, 292, 296, 298, 304; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii, 416; iii, 147; al-Haythami, Majma‘ al-Zawa’id, ix, 166, 169; al-Suyuti, al-Durr al-Manthur, v, 197; Kandahlawi, Hayat al-Sahaba, iv, 105.