Now we shall present the documents for the reliability of...

Now we shall present the documents for the reliability of the narration with the expression “and my Household”. The document for the narration which contains the words “and my Household” This text is issued by two great narrators: In his Sahih , a Muslim narrates from Zayd Ibn Arqam. He says: once the Prophet delivered a sermon on a river called Khom, which is located between Mecca and Medina saying: ““أَلا أَيُّهَا النّاسُ!

فَإِنَّما أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوشَكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ رَبّي فأُجيبَ، وَ أَنَا تارِكٌ فِيكُمْ ثِقْلَيْن: أَوَّلُهُما كِتابُ اللهِ فِيهِ الْهُدی وَ النُّور، فَخُذُوا بِكتابِ اللهِ وَ اسْتَمْسكُوا به”- فحثّ علی كتاب الله و رغّب فيه ثمّ قال:-”وَ أَهلُ بَيْتي، اذكّركُمُ الله فِي أَهْل بَيْتِی، اذكّركُمُ الله في أَهْل بَيْتي، اذكّركُمُ الله في أَهل بَيْتي”. “O people! I am no more than a human being and in a short time God's angel would come and ask me to go with him.

I will leave for you two precious things: one is God's book, which contains guidance and light; take this book and deliver it since the Prophet wishes that you do so; the second is my household; I emphasize this last part. The Prophet repeated this last part three times”. This text is relayed in Sahih [^1] by Muslim and by Darimi in his Sunan. [^2] The documents of both are as clear and vivid as the sun, with no flaw whatsoever.

Tirmizi, too, has narrated this text with the expression “وعترتي واهل بيتي” [and my Household]: “إِنّي تارِكٌ فِيكُمُ ما إِن تَمَسّكْتمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدِي، أحدهُما أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الآخرِ: كِتابُ الله حَبلٌ مَمْدُودٌ مِنَ السَّماءِ إِلَی الأَرْضِ، وَ عِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي، لَنْ يَفْتَرِقا حَتّی يَرِدا عَلَيَّ الْحَوض، فَانْظُروُا كَيْفَ تَخْلِفُونِي فِيها”.

“I will leave for you two items while you resort to them you shall not weaken: one is greater than the other: one is God's book, which is a cord of benevolence extending from the heaven towards the Earth. The other one is my Household, these two shall never separate till they meet me at Kauthar”. Be careful in handling these two. These two texts, which stress the expression “my Household” are authentic and need no further elaboration since their narrators are reliable.

The document of the narration with the expression “and my tradition” The document of the narration with the expression “وسنتي and my tradition” The narration with the word “وسنتي” is fake and is produced by the Omavi agent.

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