Day 7

The lesson

1. Asked by a man from Syria about the Verse of Purification (33:33), he said: we are meant by the Ahl al-Bayt (Tafsir Ibn Kathir); asked about the Verse of Affection (42:23), he said it means love for us, the Ahl al-Bayt (Tafsir Furat al-Kufi). In the Hadith of Jabir on the verse of those vested with authority (4:59), the Prophet names him after al-Husayn (Yanabi' al-Mawadda of al-Qunduzi).
2. Sunni scholars praised him: al-Zuhri said, I found no Hashimite better or more learned in jurisprudence than him (Tadhkirat al-Huffaz of al-Dhahabi; al-Bidaya wa l-Nihaya); al-Shafi'i called him the most learned in jurisprudence in Medina (Sharh Nahj al-Balagha of Ibn Abi l-Hadid).
3. He was martyred in Medina by poison given on the order of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Muruj al-Dhahab of al-Mas'udi; al-Ithaf of al-Shabrawi), in 95 AH; some reports give 94 AH. WikiShia gives 25 Muharram; the day is disputed. He was buried in al-Baqi beside his uncle, Imam al-Hasan (al-Irshad).

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