For example, in one version of the tradition the Prophet said: “Oh people!

For example, in one version of the tradition the Prophet said: “Oh people! I leave among you two precious things: the Book of God and my household. As long as you hold on to them you will not go astray.” Or in another tradition the Prophet said: “I leave among you two precious things, which if you hold on to you will not go astray after me: the Book of God which is like a rope extended between the heaven and the earth, and my household.

These two things will not separate from each other until they reach me near the fountain on the Day of Judgement.…