Event of the Cloak

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The Event of the Cloak is a significant Islamic tradition recounting the Prophet Muhammad gathering under a cloak with his daughter Fatimah, her husband Ali, and their two sons Hasan and Husayn, highlighting their spiritual purity and special status.

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Event of the Cloak canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic tradition ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hadith al-Kisa ⓘ
linked to: Hadith of the Cloak

Hadith of the Cloak ⓘ
associatedGroup Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
associatedVerse Quran 33:33 (Verse of Purification) as interpreted in many traditions ⓘ
centralTheme special status of Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
spiritual purity of the Prophet’s household ⓘ
culturalImpact depicted in Islamic art and storytelling ⓘ
inspiration for sermons and religious poetry ⓘ
emphasizesConcept closeness to God ⓘ
familial bond of the Prophet’s household ⓘ
purification ⓘ
hasDevotionalFunction strengthening love for the Prophet’s family ⓘ
hasDoctrinalFunction supporting arguments about the status of Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
hasKeyFigureRole Ali as cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ⓘ
Fatimah as daughter of the Prophet ⓘ
Hasan as grandson of the Prophet ⓘ
Husayn as grandson of the Prophet ⓘ
hasMainFigure Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
hasParticipant Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
involvesObject cloak ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryNarrations Arabic ⓘ
linkedDoctrine concept of infallibility of the Prophet’s household (especially in Shia theology) ⓘ
doctrine of Ahl al-Bayt’s special status ⓘ
narrativeAction Prophet Muhammad gathers his family under a cloak ⓘ
Prophet Muhammad prays for his family’s purification ⓘ
narrativeGenre hadith narrative ⓘ
preservedIn Shia hadith compilations ⓘ
various Sunni hadith sources ⓘ
recitedAs narrative text in religious gatherings ⓘ
supplication ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
setting house of Umm Salama (according to many narrations) ⓘ
symbolizes divine favor upon the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
unity of the Prophet’s household ⓘ
timeOfOrigin lifetime of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
transmittedThrough hadith chains ⓘ
usedIn Islamic devotional practices ⓘ
Shia religious gatherings ⓘ
Sunni hadith literature (in some collections) ⓘ
veneratedBy Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

many Sunni Muslims ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fatimah bint Muhammad → associatedWith → Event of the Cloak ⓘ
Hadith al-Kisa → associatedWith → Event of the Cloak ⓘ