Many of its chains of narration are true and correct.

Many of its chains of narration are true and correct.” It was also mentioned by al-Hadhrami in his book titled Al-Qawlul-Fasl vol. 1 p. 49. He said: The tradition of ath- Thaqalayn was narrated by more than twenty . Its chains of narration were true and acceptable. It was a mutawatir tradition meaning that the tradition had an uninterrupted sequence of trustworthy narrators.

All scholars of hadith have said that this was a true tradition.” The profusion of narrations of this tradition has led to the conclusion that it was said by (s) on four occasions. The first occasion was the Day of Arafah when he made a speech from above his she-camel, al-Quswa, the second was at the Kheif Mosque, the third was on the Day of al-Ghadir when he was returning from his last hajj, and the fourth, on the day of his death when he gave a sermon on the pulpit.

Here are some of the paths by which this tradition has been narrated from the books of the Sunnis; Narrated by al-A’mash, from Atiyah, from Abu Sa’id- (mentioned by ibn Sa’d in his book Tabaqat ) vol.2 p.114. From another direction, al-A’mash, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id, (al-Maghazili’s Manaqib) p. 235. From a third direction, al-A’mash, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Maghazili’s Manaqib) p. 235. Ibn Numayr, Abdul-Malik bin Abu Sulayman, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (Ahmad’s Manaqib).

Ali bin Musahir, Abdul-Malik bin Abu Sulayman, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Mu’jam ul-Kabir) p. 137. Harun bin Sa'd, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Mu’jam us- Saghir) vol.1 p. Fuzeil bin Marzuq, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Ma’rifa wa at-Tarikh) p. Kutheir an-Nawaa’, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Mu’jam us Saghir) p. 73. Abu Isra’il, Atiyah, Abu Sa’id (al-Ma’rifa wa at- Tarikh) p. 537. Muhammad bin Muzaffar al-Baghdadi, Abu Sa’id (Miftah un-Naja) p. 51. Salman ul-Farsi (Yanabi’ul-Mawaddah) p. 36.

Ja’far bin Aun, Abu Hayyan, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (ad-Darimi’s Sunan) vol. 2 p. 431. Ya’la bin Ubayd, Abu Hayyan, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (al-Bayhaqi’s Sunan) vol. 10 p. 113. Isma’il bin Ibrahim, Abu Hayyan, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (Muslim’s Sahih) vol. 7 p.122. Muhammad bin Fuzeil and Jarir, Abu Hayyan, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (Muslim’s Sahih) vol.7 p.123. Ali bin Musahhir, Abu Hayyan, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (Ibnul-Maghazili’s Manaqib) p. 236.

Hasaan bin Sa’id, ibn Masruq, Yazid bin Hayyan, Zayd bin Arqam (Muslim’s Sahih) vol. 7 p. 123. Al-A’mash, Yazid bin Hayyan (Al-Mu’jam ul-Kabir) vol. 5 p. 190.