As for the excellence of Ahle Bayt (a.s.):
1. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said:
“The act of any person is not having any benefit, except that he acknowledges their rights.”
2. It is mentioned in reliable traditional reports that Almighty Allah has commanded invoking blessings on Ahle Bayt (a.s.) during Prayer.
3. Tradition of the Cloak (Hadees Kisa) is an authentic and widely narrated tradition, on which there is general consensus.
4. According to the command of the verse:
قُلْ لَّا اسْلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبي
“Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives.”1
…love towards them is obligatory.
5. In the verse of:
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
“Keep us on the right path.”2
‘The right path’ implies the path of Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.).
6. Names of Fatima, her father, her husband and her sons are inscribed under the shade of the divine throne (Arsh) and at the gate of Paradise.
7. The Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said:
“Recognition of Aale Muhammad (a.s.) is immunity from Hellfire; and love of Aale Muhammad (a.s.) is the permit on the Siraat Bridge; and Mastership (Wilayat) of Aale Muhammad (a.s.) is assurance from divine chastisement.”
8. And he said:
“None would love them, except the righteous and none would be inimical to them, except of illegitimate birth.”
9. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said:
“These two: Quran and Progeny will not separate from each other, till they arrive to me at the Pool.”
10. And he says:
“I and my Ahle Bayt (a.s.) are like the Ark of Nuh, whoever boards it, is saved and one, who refrains from it, is drowned.”
11. And he said:
“I am the tree and Fatima is it branch, Ali is its trunk, Hasan and Husain are its fruits; and our Shia are its leaves.”
12. The following verse of Surah Dahr was revealed about them:
وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى حُبَّهِ مِسْكِيْنًا وَيَتِيمَا وَأَسِيرًا
“And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive:”3
13. Their names are derived from the names of the Almighty Allah.
14. The Almighty Allah has some angels, who roam the earth and they are appointed to help the Aale Muhammad (a.s.).
15. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) had fixed a tent and was leaning at its entrance. Present in that tent were Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husain. He said:
“O Muslims, I am at peace with those, who are at peace with the occupants of this tent and I am at war with those, who are at war with them.”
16. All purified Imams and Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) were Muhaddath.4
17. They are aware of the unseen.