Sermon Amír al-mu’minín Moulana Ali(SA) referred to Ál an-Nabí (the Household of the Holy Prophet) as under:

They are the trustees of His secrets, shelter for His affairs, source of knowledge about Him, centre of His wisdom, valleys for His books and mountains of His religion. With them Alláh straightened the bend of religion’s back and removed the trembling of its limbs.