Brother,

Thank you for your response. Insha'Allah you are well and becoming closer to our creator.

Those hadith are very serious, something that is put next to the Qur'an and that if we adher to both of them we will not go astray. Two things the prophet left were the Qur'an and the Ahlulbayt, that's very importamt!

When do you ever hear about the Ahlulbayt with the sunni's? If you're really adhering to them, then tell me brother, how come you accept someone who took the right of Ali ibn Abu Taleb as the successor of the Prophet?


Please do not take this the wrong way. Perhaps as Muslims we should engage in more dialog.

Ahl-Sunnah have represented and transmitted the legacy of Ahl-Bayt since the very beginning. To simply call your self shia ahlulbayt doesnt make it true. Simply calling yourself hizbullah doesn't make it so. Simply singing about Ahl-Bayt doesnt make one adherent to the narration above. with salam and best regards.

The messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) said: "I am leaving for you two precious and weighty Symbols that if you adhere to BOTH of them you shall not go astray after me. They are, the Book of Allah, and my progeny, that is my Ahlul-Bayt. The Merciful has informed me that These two shall not separate from each other till they come to me by the Pool (of Paradise)."


1. Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 662-663,328, report of 30+ companions, with reference to several chains of transmitters.
2. al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, Chapter of "Understanding (the virtues) of Companions, v3, pp 109,110,148,533 who wrote this tradition is authentic (Sahih) based on the criteria of the two Shaikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim).
3. Sunan, by Daarami, v2, p432
4. Musnad, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, pp 14,17,26,59, v4, pp 366,370-372, v5, pp 182,189,350,366,419
5. Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p585, Tradition #990
6. al-Khasa'is, by al-Nisa'i, pp 21,30
7. al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p230
8. al-Kabir, by al-Tabarani, v3, pp 62-63,137
9. Kanz al-Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Chapter al-Iti'sam bi Habl Allah, v1, p44.
10. Tafsir Ibn Kathir (complete version), v4, p113, under commentary of verse 42:23 of Quran (four traditions)
11. al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, by Ibn Sa'd, v2, p194, Pub. by Dar Isadder, Lebanon.
12. al-Jami' al-Saghir, by al-Suyuti, v1, p353, and also in v2
13. Majma' al-Zawa'id, al-Haythami, v9, p163
14. al-Fateh al-Kabir, al-Binhani, v1, p451
15. Usdul Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahaba, Ibn al-Athir, v2, p12
16. Jami' al-Usul, Ibn al-Athir, v1, p187
17. History of Ibn Asakir, v5, p436
18. al-Taj al-Jami' Lil Usul, v3, p308
19. al-Durr al-Manthoor, al-Hafidh al-Suyuti, v2, p60
20. Yanabi al-Mawaddah, al-Qundoozi al-Hanafi, pp 38,183
21. Abaqat al-Anwar, v1, p16

... and many more ...
Taken from: http://www.al-islam.org/encycl...r1a/1.html
It is narrated in Sahih Muslim as well as many other sources that:

Someday (after his last pilgrimage) the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) stood to give us a speech beside a pond which is known as Khum (Ghadir Khum) which is located between Mecca and Medina. Then he praised Allah and reminded Him, and then said: "O' people! Behold! It seems the time approached when I shall be called away (by Allah) and I shall answer that call. Behold! I am leaving for you two precious things. First of them is the book of Allah in which there is light and guidance... The other one is my Ahlul-Bayt. I remind you in the name of Allah about my Ahlul-Bayt. I remind you in the name of Allah about my Ahlul-Bayt. I remind you in the name of Allah about my Ahlul-Bayt. (three times)."


* Sahih Muslim, Chapter of the virtues of the companions, section of the virtues of Ali, 1980 Edition Pub. in Saudi Arabia, Arabic version, v4, p1873, Tradition #36.
* And many others such as Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad (see below).

For the English version of Sahih Muslim, see Chapter CMXCVI, v4, p1286, Tradition #5920
Taken from: http://www.al-islam.org/encycl...r1a/1.html

JazakAllahu khairan for this work

It would be helpful to know how this passage was compiled. Is this the translation from Ibn Kathir as is, or have other narrations been referred to to add in statements according to these narrations?
How is it different from the version that is usually found on posters, and where does that come from.
With reference to the narration being weak as mentioned in the footnote, is this referring to this particular version of the speech ?
JazakAllahu khairan

Jzk to the brother for this valued work of bring together all the different narrations and for this beautful reminder:

Worship your Lord, pray your five daily prayers, fast the month (of Raman), perform ajj
to the House, give your zakt without any reluctance, [obey those placed in charge over you],2 and you
shall enter the Paradise of your Lord