He compared them to the Holy Quran when he...

He compared them to the Holy Quran when he, may Allah bless him and his family, said: I leave behind me among you two things which, if you cleave to them, you will never go astray, one is greater than the another-that is Allahs Book which is a rope extended from the heaven to the earth, and my family, my household. They never scatter until they [1] Qur'an, Surat al-Shura, verse 23. [2] Al-Razi, Tefseer, vol. 7, p. 406. Al-Durr al-Menthur, vol. 7, p. 7. Al-Nisaburi, Tefseer.

Abu Na'eem has narrated through his chain of authority on the authority of Jabir, who said: "A Bedouin came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, and said to him: 'O Muhammed, show me Islam, and he said to him: 'You should bear witness that there is no god but Allah,