For those of us who have the honor of being counted among the Shi'ah...

For those of us who have the honor of being counted among the Shi'ah, the importance of what has been related by the weighs especially heavily, as it should, according to the famous hadith al-thaqalayn” , in which the Prophet (s,), in the last year of his life, is reported to have said: “Verily, I am leaving with you two weighty things (thaqalayn): the Book of Allah and my kindred, my household, for indeed, the two of them will never separate until they return to me by the Pond [of Kawthar on the Last Day].” Perhaps some Christians will be dismissive of what…