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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hadith al-Thaqalayn The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al Thaqalayn The various narrations of Hadith al-­Thaqalayn also indicate the occasion on which the Prophet (S) proclaimed it publicly. ‘Allamah ‘Abd al-Aziz Tabataba'i, who has studied the various narrations of Hadith al-Thaqalayn as recorded by various traditionists mentions four occasions on which the Prophet (S) proclaimed it publicly.

First of these is the occasion when the Prophet (S) proclaimed it during his last hajj at ‘Arafat. On this occasion, the Prophet (S) was accompanied by more than a hundred thousand Muslims. The second occasion relates to his proclamation at Ghadir Khumm, during the course of his return journey to Madinah. The third occasion relates to his proclamation in the Mosque of Madinah. The fourth one relates to his pronouncement of Hadith al-­Thaqalayn in his chamber during his last illness.

All these occasions lie within a period of ninety days and pertain to the Prophet's last days. There are, however, many narrations of the hadith - in fact, most of them - which do not contain any clue about the time and place of its pronouncement. In the following are given instances of the narrations of Hadith al-­Thaqalayn relating to each of these occasions, accompanied by the sources which record them. [^1] At ‘Arafat Al-­Tirmidhi in his Sunan (v, 662, no.

I heard him say: 'O people, I am leaving among you that which if you hold on to you shall never go astray: the Book of Allah and my kindred, my household." Al-­Tirmidhi states that the same tradition has been narrated by Abu Dharr, Abu Sa’id, Zayd ibn Arqam and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.

Among others who have recorded this tradition are: al-­Hafiz Ibn Abi Shaybah, as in Kanz al-­‘ummal (1st ed.), i, 48; al-­‘Uqayli in al-­Du’afa' al-­Kabir, ii, 250; al-­Hakim al-­Tirmidhi, Nawadir al-usul , 68, 50th asl; al-­Tabarani, al-­Mu’jam al-­kabir, iii, 63, no. 2679; al-­Khatib, al-­Muttafiq wa al-­muftariq, cf.