the Soul Family

What if our true parents, brothers, sisters and spiritual companions were not necessarily those we know in our biological family?

The family is one of the foundations of human existence.

We grow up with the idea that our deepest ties are determined by birth, descent and kinship.

But in the eleventh Door of The Goal of the Wise, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) presents a different conception of the family.

According to the teachings reported in this chapter, souls would have their own kinship relations, independently of the biological ties established in the physical world.

This Door constitutes an important stage in understanding the Seventh Covenant.

1. Two forms of family

The book distinguishes the physical family from the spiritual family.

The first is determined by birth and biological relationships.

The second would be established in the world of souls.

According to this doctrine, a person could have different biological parents over the course of their successive incarnations, while keeping a spiritual identity and ties specific to the world of souls.

This distinction transforms the way of considering kinship.

It suggests that certain relationships could go beyond the limits of a single earthly existence.

2. Jesus and the spiritual family

The chapter relies in particular on a passage from the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 12.

While Jesus is teaching, he is told that his mother and his brothers wish to speak to him.

Jesus replies by pointing to his disciples as his family and by associating this kinship with doing the will of God.

The book interprets this episode as an indication that spiritual ties can have greater importance than biological ties.

The teaching invites us to reflect on the nature of brotherhood.

Physical closeness does not always guarantee unity of convictions.

Conversely, people without biological kinship can share a particularly deep spiritual relationship.

3. Brotherhood in the Quran

The eleventh Door also cites Surah Al-Hujurat, verse 10, which presents the believers as brothers.

This brotherhood goes beyond distinctions of birth, origin and social status.

From the perspective of the book, this principle has an additional dimension.

It does not concern only a moral solidarity between believers.

It could also refer to pre-existing relationships between souls.

The author thus connects the Quranic teachings with the traditions attributed to the Imams.

4. Do souls have a family tree?

One of the most distinctive teachings of the chapter concerns the existence of a family tree of souls.

The book reports that Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is said to have revealed certain information concerning the spiritual relationships between the prophets, the Imams and other religious figures.

This tree would not correspond to known biological genealogies.

A person could be the spiritual parent of another while occupying a very different place in that person’s earthly history.

The chapter thus presents an organization of the world of souls independent of human generations.

5. Fatimah Al-Zahraa and spiritual kinship

The book examines in particular the title attributed to Fatimah Al-Zahraa: the mother of her father.

In an explanation reported from Ahmed Al-Hassan, this expression is said to be linked to the relationship existing between Fatimah and Mohammed in the world of souls.

According to this interpretation, Fatimah would be the spiritual mother of Mohammed.

This assertion belongs to the doctrine set out in the book.

It illustrates the fundamental distinction between spiritual relationships and biological relationships.

6. The tree of the souls of the prophets and the Imams

The chapter presents a diagram of certain relationships between souls.

In it, it places in particular Ali and Fatimah Al-Zahraa at the base of one part of the tree.

It then establishes various spiritual relationships involving Adam, Noah, Mohammed, Al-Hussein, Moses, Jesus and other figures.

The author specifies that this diagram would represent only a small part of a much vaster whole.

In the logic of the work, this tree would make it possible to understand certain links between the great figures of religious history that cannot be explained by their earthly genealogy alone.

7. Family relationships in the Seventh Covenant

The eleventh Door also presents important legal consequences of this doctrine.

The book reports a teaching according to which spiritual kinship relations could become decisive in certain rules of the Seventh Covenant, in particular those concerning marriage and inheritance.

It thus mentions radical changes in relation to family rules based on biological kinship.

These propositions constitute religious assertions specific to the work, and not rules of civil law currently applicable. Intrafamily relationships remain subject to the laws of each country, in particular to the protections against abuse and prohibited unions.

The central theme of the chapter nevertheless remains the place given to spiritual identity in the organization of the community.

8. Inheritance between spiritual brothers

The book cites a tradition attributed to Imam Al-Sadiq according to which the Qaim would recognize relationships of brotherhood established in the world of souls.

In this interpretation, these ties could play a role in the transmission of inheritance.

The author connects this teaching to the system of brotherhood instituted between the first Muslims who emigrated from Mecca and the inhabitants of Medina who welcomed them.

The chapter presents this ancient brotherhood as a prefiguration of a more developed spiritual system.

9. Twin souls and spiritual replication

The Door also addresses the notion of twin souls.

According to a teaching attributed to Ahmed Al-Hassan, certain souls could have spiritual replicas.

The book thus distinguishes the identity of a soul, its successive incarnations and the possible existence of twin souls that would be closely linked to it.

This conception serves in particular to interpret the relationships between certain Imams and Mahdis.

This is a metaphysical doctrine that cannot be verified by current scientific methods.

10. Another conception of love and brotherhood

Beyond its doctrinal aspects, the Soul Family raises profound human questions.

Why do some people feel an exceptional closeness even though they come from different backgrounds?

Why can bonds of solidarity become as strong as those of the biological family?

The book proposes a spiritual explanation for these experiences.

But it also invites us to reflect on an idea accessible to all: the family is not necessarily reduced to blood ties alone.

Mutual aid, faithfulness, trust and mutual responsibility can create relationships of great depth.

Conclusion — Does the true family go beyond blood?

The eleventh Door of The Goal of the Wise presents a vision of kinship in which the soul occupies a central place.

It distinguishes biological relationships from spiritual ties and proposes a particular organization of the world of souls.

This doctrine allows the author to link reincarnation, transmigration and the Seventh Covenant.

What if some of the most important relationships of our existence did not begin at the moment of our birth, but belonged to a much older spiritual history?

This question invites us to continue exploring the mysteries of the soul in the following Doors.