33: Al-Ahzaab

Chapter: 33, Verse: 30 - Indecency by the wife of the Prophet!!

قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن غالب، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران، عن حماد، عن حريز، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز وجل: يا نِساءَ النَّبِيِّ مَنْ يَأْتِ مِنْكُنَّ بِفاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ يُضاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ‏ ، قال: الفاحشة: الخروج بالسيف

Narrated Muhammad bin Ahmad, from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Galib, from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Najraan, from Hammad, from Hareez who said:

I asked Aba Abdillah Imam Sadiq (as) about the saying of Allah (swt), "O wives of the prophet! whoever of you commits an open indecency, the punishment shall be increased to her doubly" (33:30).

Imam (as) said, "al-Fahisha (indecency) is coming out with a sword". *

* This would refer to Ayesha coming to fight against Imam Ali (as)

[Source: Tafseer al-Qummi, Vol. 2, Pg. 193]


محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن كرام، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: قال لي: أ تدري ما الفاحشة المبينة؟» قلت: لا. قال: قتال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) يعني أهل الجمل

Narrated Mohammad bin al-Abbas, from al-Husain bin Ahmad, from Mohammad bin Ahmad, from Mohammad bin Isa, from Yunus, from Karam, from Mohammad bin Muslim, from Abi Abdillah Imam Sadiq (as):

Imam Sadiq (as) said, "Do you know what is "al-Fahisha al-Mubeenah - The open indecency"?

I (narrator) said (as), "No".

Imam Sadiq (as) said, "It is battle with Amir al-Momineen (as) meaning the people of Jamal."

[Source: Taweel al-Ayat, Vol.2, Pg. 453]


Chapter: 33, Verse: 33 - AhlulBayt (as) the Purified ones

Fatema Zahra (ع) in conversation with Abu Bakr & Umar on the matter of Fadak said to them,

إن الذي يجيز على سيدة نساء أهل الجنة شهادة أو يقيم عليها حدا لملعون كافر بما أنزل الله على محمد صلى الله عليه وآله، لأن من (أذهب الله عنهم الرجس وطهرهم تطهيرا) لا تجوز عليهم شهادة لأنهم معصومون من كل سوء مطهرون من كل فاحش

"The one who considers it permissible to ask the leader of the women of paradise to produce evidence or applies the legal punishment (Hadd) upon Her, surely he is cursed and a disbeliever (Kafir) of that which Allah (عز وجل) has revealed upon Mohammad (ص), because the one from whom Allah has kept uncleanness away from and purified them (33:33), it is not permissible to give testimony/evidence (shahadah) against them because they are infallible (Masoom) from all evil (Soo) and purified from all indecency (Fahash)"

[Source: Kitab Sulaym bin Qays, Pg 227]


Chapter: 33, Verse: 72 - The Wilayat of AhlulBayt presented to the creation

من جامع البزنطي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ عليه‌السلام يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَلَا مِنْ آدَمِيٍّ وَلَا إِنْسِيٍّ وَلَا جِنِّيٍّ وَلَا مَلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَّا وَنَحْنُ الْحُجَجِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ خَلْقاً إِلَّا وَقَدْ عَرَضَ وَلَايَتَنَا عَلَيْهِ وَاحْتَجَّ بِنَا عَلَيْهِ فَمُؤْمِنٌ بِنَا وَكَافِرٌ جَاحِدٌ حَتَّى ( السَّماواتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبالِ ) الْآيَةَ

From the book Jami of al-Bazanti, from Sulayman bin Khalid who said,

Abu Abdillah Imam Sadiq (عليه السلام) said, “There is no thing, no human being, no jinn, no angels in the heavens but that we are the proofs (Hujjah) upon them. And Allah has not created any creation except that He presented Our Mastership (Wilayat) to them and presented argument against them through Us, hence through Us they are believers (Momin) or rejecting disbelievers (kafir) and the Wilayat was even presented to the heavens, the earth and the mountains" (*33:72)

*Note: This is referring to the following verse:

إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا

Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to be bear it and feared from it, and man undertook it; surely he is unjust, ignorant" (33:72)

[Source: Kitab al-Sarair, ibn Idris al-Hilli, Vol. 3, Pg. 576]