" In Surah Al-Qasas, whcn the Prophet Moses reaches the Pharaoh's house as a suckling, and the Pharaoh's wife is in search of a suitable nurse for the child, the Prophet Moses' sister says, "Shall I tell you of a household whose people will bring him up for you and look after him well? " What he meant was : The warrior can fight confidently and with full peace of the mind in the way of Allah only when he is sure that aII is well at home: his wife is there to look after the house and the children, and there is no cause for him to worry that she will betray him in his absence | Moreover, the word ahl al-bait in Arabic is used precisely in the sense in which the word "household" is used in English, which includes both a man's wife and children |
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Sesungguhnya Allah bermaksud hendak menghilangkan dosa dari kalian yakni dosa-dosa, hai ahlul bait yakni istri-istri Nabi saw | Now everybody can see for himself whether the culture which is being made popular in our country is the culture of Islam, according to the Qur'an, or the culture of ignorance |
They say that "uncleanliness" implies error and sin, and, as Allah says, these ahl al-bait have been purified of this, whereas the words of the verse do not say that uncleanliness has been removed from them and they have been purified.
23The word tabarruj when used in respect of a woman will have three meanings: 1 that she should show the charms of her face and body before the people; 2 that she should display the adornments of her dress and ornaments before others; and 3 that she should make herself conspicuous by her gait and figure and coquetry | He instructs them to stay in their houses because their real sphere of activity is their home and not the world outside |
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Allah only wishes to remove uncleanness from you, O members of the Prophet's household, and to purify you completely | " All these customs show that jahiliyyat in the Islamic terminology is every such conduct which goes against Islamic culture and civilization and Islamic morality and etiquette and Islamic way of thinking and behaviour |
" According to a Hadith once Hadrat Abu ad-Darda' in the heat of a quarrel abused another person in respect of his mother.
6On the contrary, they have been advised here what they should do and what they should not, because Allah intends to purify them | When the Holy Prophet heard of it, he remarked: "You still have jahiliyyat in you |
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" Abu 'Ubaidah comments: "This that a woman should make herself conspicuous by display of her body and dress to attract the attention of men | What should we do that we may also get a reward equal to that of the warriors? Therefore, the view of those who exclude them from the ahl al-bait is not correct |
A sailing-boat is called barijah, because its sails become.
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