O people...

O people, some of you know me well, but I introduce myself to those who do not know me: I am Jandab Ibn Jenadah, or Abu Zar. O people, I have heard your prophet say: “إِنَّ مَثَلَ أَهْل بَيْتي في أُمَّتي كَمَثَلِ سَفِينَةِ نُوْحٍ في قَومِهِ مَنْ رَكِبَها نَجا وَ مَنْ تَرَكَها غَرق”. “My presence among you seems like Noah’s Ark among his people: Those who got onto the arc were rescued, but those who refused to do so were drowned”[^9].

The Safinah narration like Ghadir and Thaqalain narrations is among the frequently narrated ones. Mir Hamed Husain, the author[^10] has reported this narration from Islamic scholars, all of which are Sunnites[^11]. A survey of the contents of the Safinah narration From the Safinah narration, in which the Household of the Prophet is likened to that of Noah’s Ark, it is understood that following the Prophet's Household in our lives would lead to one's salvation and opposing it causes one&