463 AH) is another person who has narrated this tradition...

463 AH) is another person who has narrated this tradition, using two chains of transmitters [^4] First Chain Based on this chain, Ibn Abd al-Bar rnarrates this tradition from Dawood bin Amr Dabbi, from Salih bin Musa Talhi, from Abd al-Aziz bin Rafi’a, from Abi Salih, from Abu Huraira. This tradition is the same as the tradition reported by Hakim in his book, which we will assess later on.

Second Chain In this chain, Ibn Abd al-Barr has, linking one tradition to another in Al- Muwatta states: Abd al-Rahim Bin Yahya narrates from Ahmad Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, from Ali Bin Zaid Arayezi, from Hunaini, from Kathir bin Abdullah Bin Amr Bin Auf, from his father from his grandfather, from the Holy Prophet (s) who said: “I leave among you two things to which as long as you hold fast, you will never go astray: Allah’s Book and His Prophet’s tradition.” Qazi Ayad’a Tradition Qazi Ayaza Yahsibi (d.

544 AH) concerning how he related this tradition, said: “I read this tradition to Qazi Abu Ali Husain Bin Muhammad and he [commenting on the tradition] said: “I narrate this tradition from Sheikh Imam Ab al-Fazil Ahmad Bin Ahmad Isfahani, from Abu Naeem Ahmad Bin Abdullah Hafiz, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ja’afar, from Banan Bin Ahmad Qattan, from Abdullah Bin Umar Bin Aban, from Shuaib Bin Ibrahim, from Siaf Bin Umar, from Aban Bin Ishaq Asadi, from Sabah Bin Muhammad, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Saeed Khedri from the Holy Prophet (s) that he said: “O’ people!

I leave among you two precious things: Allah’s Book and my tradition. So, do not destroy them, because as long as you keep them both, your eyes will never get blind, your steps will never stumble and your hands will never be in need of anything.” [^5] Suyuti’s Tradition Jalal al-Din Suyuti (d. 911 AH) has also narrated this tradition.

In his al ‘Jami’a al-Saghir’, he says that Hakim in his al-Mustadrak, narrates from Abu Huraira that he quotes the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: “I leave among you two things. You will not go astray after [following] them; Allah’s Book and my tradition.

These two will never separate from each other until they join me by the pool.” [^6] The Tradition of Muttaqi Hindi Sheikh Ali Muttaqi Hindi (d.975 AH) has devoted the second part of the first volume of his Kanzul Ummal, to [a discussion titled] “holding fast to [Allah’s] book and [Prophet’s] tradition”.