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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hayat Al-Qulub Vol.3 Part 8: Hadith Thaqalayn (Tradition of the Two weighty things) and similar Traditions It is mentioned in Basharatul Mustafa , through Ahle Sunnat sources, from Rafe, a freed slave of Abu Zar Ghiffari (r.a.) that he said: I saw Abu Zar (r.a.) clinging to the wall of Ka’ba and saying: The one who knows me knows. But who does not know me may know that I am Abu Zar Ghiffari (r.a.).

I have heard from the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (S) that: The man who will fight with me for the first time and on another occasion fight with my Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) will be, on the third occasion, made by Allah to rise with Dajjal on the Day of Judgement. Doubtlessly, the example of my Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) among you is like the Ark of Nuh (a.s.), that is, who boarded it got salvation and those who turned away drowned. My Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) is the Gate of Hitta (repentance) of Bani Israel.

Whoever entered that door got salvation and who did not enter was destroyed. Shaykh Tusi (r.a.) has narrated this tradition in a number of ways from Abu Zar Ghiffari (r.a.) and, in some narrations, these words are added: The Holy Prophet (S) said thrice: Have I conveyed the message of Allah? Sayyid Ibne Tawoos has, in Taraif , narrated from Musnad of Ahmad bin Hanbal that Abu Saeed Khudri says that the Holy Prophet (S) said: I am leaving behind me two very weighty things for you.

So long as you will remain connected with them you will never go astray after my departure and they (the two things) are heavier than one another. One of them is the Book of Allah and it is a rope which hangs from the heavens to the earth and the other is my progeny, my Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). Doubtlessly they will never be separated from one another until they come to me at the side of the pond of Kauthar in Paradise.

He has also narrated from Ahmad that Israel bin Uthman said: I saw Zaid bin Arqam in the house of Mukhtar, I asked him: Did you hear this Hadith Thaqalayn from the Holy Prophet (S)? He said: Similarly. Ahmad has narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that the Holy Prophet (S) used to say: I am leaving among you two great things who are my successors among you after me: One is the Book of Allah which is a rope extended from sky to the earth and the other is my progeny who are my family members.

Surely these two will never separate from each other until they reach me at the Pond of Kauthar. The Shaykh has also reported these traditions in Amadah in this same manner.