Whoever speaks well of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, of his wives—spotlessly pure of every blemish—and of his sanctified descendants, free of all defilement, has been absolved of hypocrisy.

After clarifying the rights due to the Companions, the author turns to the Prophet’s Household, the Ahl al-Bayt. The first to be included among them are the Prophet’s wives, for Allah says: “Allah only desires to remove impurity from you, O People of the Household, and to purify you completely” (Al-Ahzab 33:33). This verse is addressed to them.

Hence the foremost members of the Ahl al-Bayt are his wives, followed by his close relatives: the family of al-ʿAbbas, the family of Abu Talib, and the family of al-Harith ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib.

The Rafidah slander ʿAishah, attributing to her what Allah has already declared her innocent of. In doing so they deny Allah’s testimony and imply that He chose for His Messenger a woman unfit for him—an assertion that amounts to disbelief in Allah. The Most High says: “Impure women are for impure men, and impure men for impure women; whereas pure women are for pure men, and pure men for pure women” (Al-Nur 24:26). The Prophet ﷺ is pure, so Allah would choose for him only a pure wife.

By “his descendants” the author intends his own children as well as the children of his daughter Fatimah—namely al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and their offspring. These are his descendants ﷺ.