A beautiful story in proving the legitimacy of the Ahl al-Bayt (as)
A Sunni scholar used to say every night on the pulpit : "Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman are better than Imam Ali (as)" until:
One day in the middle of his speech, a woman from among the crowd gets up and says: "O Sheikh! Did these three people (Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman) send blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad in their prayers?
The sheikh replied: Yes.
The woman said: Is it obligatory to mention Ahl al-Bayt in prayer?
The sheikh replied: Yes.
The woman said: Did Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Hussein also send blessings and Salawaat to Muhammad and his Ahl al Bayt in their prayers?
The sheikh replied: Yes; Certainly, the Holy Prophet himself and his family also sent blessings and Salawat.
The woman said: Did Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Hussein send blessings on the 3 Caliphs in their prayers?
The sheikh said: No! Certainly, the Ahl al-Bayt did not send blessings on the Caliphs in their prayers
The woman said: O Sheikh, I swear you to God! Say, "If someone sends blessings on them in prayer and says: 'Allah, send your blessings upon Abi Bakr, Omar, and Othman, his prayer is invalid, right?"
In a voice that hardly could be heard, the sheikh said, "Yes!"
The woman said: If he does not send blessings on Muhammad and his family, is the prayer invalid?
The sheikh replied: Yes.
The woman said: So how do you ask us to prioritize those whose names makes the prayer to get invalidated, over those whose remembrance is obligatory in the prayers?
You are telling us that Abu Bakr, Omar and Othman are in the forefront. We should honor them
Mentioning the names Abu Bakr, Omar and Othman, in prayer invalidates the prayer, and not mentioning the Ahl al-Bayt in prayer invalidates the prayer;
Now which ones are better and superior ?!.
اللهم صل علی محمد و آل محمد وعجل فرجهم
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