The Musnad of Ahl al-Bayt

By the One God! Verily my blood ties are firmly kept in this life and the hereafter. Hadith of the Prophet (s) narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri with a sound chain by Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, ibn Abi Shayba, 'Abd b. Humayd, Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Hakim.Cling to the sanctuary; endear yourself by serving them; For on the Day of Resurrection they're overlords.Care not for naysayers-people of perdition.For the Envoy never demanded wages for guidanceWhen he conveyed; only affectionate love for the near kin.Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi and Sayyid Hamid b. Ahmad b. 'Ubayd Allah al-'Attar.A bilingual annotated Arabic edition and English translation of 43 fully-chained and fully-documented Prophetic hadiths on the Excellence of the House of the Prophet Muhammad (upon him and them the blessings and peace of Allah) sourced to 43 different Hadith books and narrated from 49 contemporary shaykhs of the Prophetic House by the author. The book concludes with a primer on the linguistic, juridical, and spiritual meanings of the love of Ahl a-Bayt in Islam followed by a concise bibliography of past classics and current works on the subject.