May Allah bless you.

May Allah bless you.’ He said, Do you not bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Apostle, and that His Heaven is true, His Hell is true, death is true, the Resurrection after death is true, that there is no doubt that the Day of Judgment will come, and that Allah will resurrect the dead from their graves?’ They said, Yes, we bear witness’. He said, O Allah, bear witness.’ Then he said, O people, Allah is my Lord and I am the lord of the believers.

I am worthier of believers than themselves. Of whomsoever I had been Gurdian, Ali here is to be his Guardian. O Allah, be a supporter of whoever supports him (Ali) and an enemy of whoever opposes him.’ Then he said, O people, I will go ahead of you and you will arrive at my Pond (in Heaven) which is wider than the distance between Basra and San’a. It has receptacles as numerous as the stars, and two cups of gold and two of silver.

I will ask you about the two weighty things that I have left for you when you come to me to see how you dealt with them. The greater weighty thing is Allah’s bookóthe Holy Qur’an. One end is in Allah’s hand and the other is in your hands. Keep it and you will not deviate. That other weighty thing is my family and my descendents. The Most Kind the Omniscient had told me that both of them, would not separate until they come to my Pond. The aforementioned account has been a summary of the tradition.

We will now cite some of its sources along with the names of the who had heard it from the Prophet (s), as quoted from the books of our Sunni brothers. After omitting names that have been repeated the following is what we have gathered from their books: Narrated by Zathan, from thirteen persons, mentioned in (Ahmad’s book Musnad) vol. 1 p. 84. Ziyad bin Abu Ziyad, from twelve persons, who had fought in the battle of Badr. (Ahmad’s Musnad) vol. 1 p. 88.

Sa’id bin Wahhab, from five or six persons (an- Nassa’i’s book al-Khasa’is), p. 21 and Ahmad’s Musnad vol. 5 p. 366. Sa’id bin Wahhab, from six persons Al-Khasa’is p.26 and 40. Sa’id bin Wahhab, from six persons in The History of Damascus, vol. 2 p. 28. Sa’id bin Wahhab, from thirteen persons-Majma’uz- Zawayid, vol. 9. Sa’id bin Wahhab and Zayd bin Yathigh, from twelve persons- Musnad, vol. 1 p. 118. Sa’id bin Wahhab and Zayd bin Yathigh, from some persons- Kifayat at-Talib, p. 18.

Zayd bin Yathigh, from six persons- Al-Khasa’is, p.26.