impurity from them and purify them completely." This was narrated by Muslim from the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah. It was also narrated by the authors of the Sunan from the ḥadīth of Umm Salamah, and it serves as evidence that He, the Exalted, is capable of removing impurity and purifying, and that He is the Creator of the actions of the servants, refuting the Muʿtazilī. Among what clarifies that the verse includes command and prohibition is His saying in the context of the speech: "O wives of the Prophet, whoever among you commits a clear indecency... and do not display yourselves as in the times of ignorance, and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Allāh only desires to remove impurity from you, O people of the house, and to purify you completely. And remember what is recited in your houses" (al-Aḥzāb 30-34). This context indicates that it is a command and prohibition, and that the wives are among the people of the house, as the context is in addressing them, and the masculine pronoun indicates that it includes others besides his wives, such as ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, and their two sons. He said in "Majmūʿ al-Fatāwá" (11/267) following the verse of purification: "The meaning is that He commanded you with what removes impurity from you, O people of the house, and purifies you completely, so whoever obeys His command is purified and has impurity removed from him, unlike the one who disobeys." The researcher al-Ālūsī said in the interpretation of the mentioned verse after mentioning the meaning previously stated by Ibn Taymiyyah (7/47 - Būlāq): "In summary, if conveying the meaning of infallibility was intended, it would have been said thus: Indeed, Allāh has removed impurity from you, O people of the house, and purified you completely. Also, if it were indicative of infallibility, then the Companions, especially those present at the Battle of Badr, should all be infallible due to His saying: