| Beliefs and practices |
| Succession to Muhammad Imamate of the Family Mourning of Muharram Intercession · Ismah The Occultation · Clergy |
| Views |
| The Qur'an · Sahaba |
| Holy days |
| Ashura · Arba'een · Mawlid Eid ul-Fitr · Eid al-Adha Eid al-Ghadeer Eid al-Mubahila |
| History |
| Twelver · Ismāʿīlī · Zaidi The verse of purification Mubahala · Two things Khumm · Fatimah's house First Fitna · Second Fitna The Battle of Karbala Persecution |
| Ahl al-Kisa |
| Muhammad · Ali · Fatimah Hasan · Hussein |
| Some companions |
| Salman the Persian Miqdad ibn Aswad Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Ammar ibn Yasir Bilal ibn Rabah |
The verse of purification is part of the 33rd verse of Surah al-Ahzab of Qur'an, which says,
God only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O People of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.Quran 33:33
This verse has especial importance for Muslims due to giving information about Ahl al-Bayt of Muhammad. The two largest branches of Shia Islam believe it to designate the "People of the House" as being in a state of ismah "infallibility".
While this verse is among the verses which introduce some special laws for Muhammad's wives with feminine plural pronouns, the pronoun referring to the Ahl al-Bayt is in the masculine plural. According to Madelung, the great majority of the hadiths quoted by al-Tabari in his Tafsir describes Ahl al-Bayt as referring to Muhammad, Fatima, Ali, Hasan, and Husayn. He adds, however, that it is unlikely that the passage could have been separated from the first part of the verse, noting a "clear aim of the verse to elevate the rank of the wives of the Prophet above all Muslim women: "O wives of the prophet, you are not like any other women."Quran 33:32 Madelung writes that the "ahl al-bayt," as understood by the usage of the term during Muhammad's time, consisted of his blood relations, including the Banu Hashim.[1]