A Critique of Commentaries Put Forward in Al-Tafhim Al-Quran Commentary about the Verses Related to the Virtues of Holy Prophet's Household (Peace Be Upon Them) Based on Shia and Sunni Commentator's View

Abul Ala Maududi is one of the most prominent and influential contemporary commentators in Indian Subcontinent. He is a reformist and combatant thinker whose most important work, "Tafhim Al-Quran (Understanding the Quran)", is considered a social-modern exegesis translated into different languages. The position of the exegesis and proximity-oriented thought of its author multiplies the importance of studying his exegetic views, particularly those about the verses related to the virtues of Holy Prophet's household (peace be upon them). Using content analysis method, the present paper reviews these views and their differences with that of other Shia and Sunni commentators. The findings show Maududi has different approaches to these verses due to his religious biases, despite his proximity-oriented thought. His most important exegetic methods to treat and pass the verses related to the virtues of Holy Prophet's household are maintaining silence about some famous ones accepted by Shia and Sunni commentators, providing exegeses contrary to popular ones, and ostensive justification of some other verses. Although he criticizes and rejects some dogmatic Salafi views, he follows the Salafi way in treating the verses related to the virtues of Holy Prophet's household.