II, p.194 Ibn al-’Athir in Jāmi‘ al-’usul, vol.I, p.187...

II, p.194 Ibn al-’Athir in Jāmi‘ al-’usul, vol.I, p.187 Al-Suyuti in al-Jāmi‘ al-saghir, vol.I, p.353 Al-Haythami in Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, vol.IX, p.163 Al-Nabhāni in al-Fath al-kabir, vol.I, p.451 Ibn al-’Athir in Usd al-ghābah fi ma‘rifat al-Sahābah, vol.II, p.12 Ta’rikh Ibn ‘Asākir vol.V, p.436 Tafsir Ibn Kathir, vol.IV,p.113 Al-Tāj al-Jāmi‘ li al-’usul, vol.III,p.308 Added to these, Ibn Hajar who mentioned it in his book al-Sawā‘iq al-muhriqah, acknowledging its veracity, beside al-Dhahabi in his Talkhis admitting its correctness provided that it be accepted by the Shaykhayn, Ibn al-Maghāzili al-Shāfi‘i and al-Tabarrāni in his Mu’jam, with the author of al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah fi hāmish al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, and the author of Yanābi‘ al-mawaddah, beside others.

Can anyone claim, after this, that Hadith al-Thaqalayn "The Book of Allah and my ‘Itrah": being unknown by the Sunnis, and appertaining to the Shi‘ah alone?? May Allah curse fanaticism, thought inaction and Jahiliyyah fervour.

Hence Hadith al-Thaqalayn in which the Messenger (S) recommended to hold fast to the Book of Allah and his Pure kindred (‘itrah), is a correct hadith in the perspective of Ahl al-Sunnah as mentioned before, and it is regarded by the Shi‘ah more authentic and having stronger chains going back to the Pure Imams. So why do some raise doubts about this hadith, trying their best to substitute it with the Book of Allah and my Sunnah"?

And though the author of Miftāh Kunuz al-Sunnah reports from al-Bukhāri, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Mājah, in page No.478 under the heading; "His (S) recommendation with the Book of Allah and His Messenger’s Sunnah." But when going into these four books we can never see any hint or reference to this hadith. True, you may find within Sahih al-Bukhāri the chapter titled “Kitāb al-’i‘tisām bi al-Kitāb wa al-Sunnah,”[^2] but you never find such a hadith at all.

That which can be found in Sahih al-Bukhāri and the aforementioned books being a hadith saying: “Talhah ibn Musarraf is reported to have said: I asked ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ubayy Awfā (may God be pleased with them): Has the Prophet (may God’s peace and benediction be upon him and his Progeny) committed to anyone’s charge? He replied: No. I said then: So how was bequest (wasiyyah) prescribed for people, or how were they commanded to write a will?