^3 قال النبي (ص)...

^3 قال النبي (ص): "إني تارك فيكم التقلين، كتاب الله حبل ممدود من السماء إلى الأرض وعترتي أهل بيتي، وإن اللطيف الخبير أخبرني أنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض فانظروا بماذا تخلفوني" وفي حديث آخر: "لن تضلوا ما إن تمسكتم بهما" The Prophet (S) said: "I leave behind me two weighty (very worthy and important) things: The book of Allah (i.e.

the Quran), which is a stretched string from the heaven to the earth, and my progeny, my Ahlul-Bait; for verily Allah, The Merciful, The Aware, informed me that never, never, will these Two get separated from each other until they meet me at the Houd of Kauthar (the Pond of Abundance). Therefore, be careful and contemplate on how you will treat them (after me)” ...and in another tradition it is added: "Never, never, shall you get astray if you attach yourself to these two”.

[^4] Abul-Hassan-ir-Rida (a) said: "May the Mercy of Allah be upon the servant who Keeps alive our commandment". I asked him (a) how the one could keep your commandment alive. He (a) said: "He (can) learn our sciences and teach them to people. In fact if people knew (the merits) and goodnesses of our speech, surely they would follow us.” [^5] [^2]: Ikmal-ud-Din, Vol. 1, p. 253; with nearly similar meaning, in Yanabi-ul-Mawaddah, p. 117 [^4]: Ma'uni-ul-Akhbur, p.

90, tradition 2, & Musnad Ahmad-ibn-Hanbal, Vol. 3, p.17, and other books from the Sunnite School and Shi 'ah School mentioned in Ihqaq-ul-Haqq, Vol 9, p. 309 to 375 [^5]: Ma' ani-ul-Akhbar, p. 180 & 'Uyun-i-Akbar-ur-Rida, Vol. 1, p. 207 Previous…