The Prophet, sallallahu \u2018alaihi wa alihi, conveyed Hadith al-Thaqalayn in different words to absolutely ensure that the message was not lost on his audiences. At \u2018Arafat, he declared:<\/p>\n
\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0625\u0646\u064a \u0642\u062f \u062a\u0631\u0643\u062a \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0645\u0627 \u0625\u0646 \u0623\u062e\u0630\u062a\u0645 \u0628\u0647 \u0644\u0646 \u062a\u0636\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u062a\u0631\u062a\u064a \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
O mankind! I have left behind over you that which if you hold fast to it you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and my offspring, my Ahl al-Bayt.<\/p>\n
Later, at Ghadir Khumm, he again statements:<\/p>\n
\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u062b\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0646 \u0623\u0648\u0644\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062f\u0649 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0633\u0643 \u0628\u0647 \u0648\u0623\u062e\u0630 \u0628\u0647 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062f\u0649 \u0648\u0645\u0646 \u0623\u062e\u0637\u0623\u0647 \u0636\u0644 \u0641\u062e\u0630\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0648\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0633\u0643\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u0648\u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am leaving behind over you Two Weighty Things (thaqalayn). The first of them is the Book of Allah. In it there is guidance and light. Whoever adheres to it and holds fast to it, he will be upon guidance; and whosoever belittles it, he will go astray. So hold fast to the Book of Allah the Most High and adhere to it and my Ahl al-Bayt.<\/p>\n
Then, at that same Ghadir Khumm, he made some other pronouncements, which were clearly intended to drive home the point more forcefully. Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir (d. 774 H) affirms this in his Tafsir:<\/p>\n
\u0648 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d: \u0623\u0646 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u062e\u0637\u0628\u062a\u0647 \u0628\u063a\u064e\u062f\u0650\u064a\u0631 \u062e\u064f\u0645\u0651: “\u0625\u0646\u064a \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0646: \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u062a\u0631\u062a\u064a\u060c \u0648\u0625\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0641\u062a\u0631\u0642\u0627 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u064a\u0631\u062f\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0636”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the sahih report, it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said in his sermon at Ghadir Khumm: \u201cI am leaving behind over you the Two Weighty Things (al-thaqalayn): the Book of Allah and my offspring. Verily, both shall never separate from each other until they meet me at the Lake-Fount.\u201d1<\/a><\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Imam al-Hakim (d. 403 H) has equally recorded this riwayah which identifies the main narrator of the hadith:<\/p>\n
\u062d\u062f\u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0628\u0643\u0631 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0645\u0635\u0644\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0642\u064a\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u064a\u0648\u0628 \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u064a\u062d\u064a\u0649 \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u062f\u064a \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u062c\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u064a\u062f \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u062e\u0639\u064a \u0639\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0646 \u0635\u0628\u064a\u062d \u0639\u0646 \u0632\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0642\u0645 \u0631\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0625\u0646\u064a \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0646 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a \u0648\u0625\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0641\u0631\u0642\u0627 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u064a\u0631\u062f\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0636<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Musalih al-Faqih \u2013 Muhammad b. Ayub \u2013 Yahya b. al-Mughirah al-Sa\u2019di \u2013 Jarir b. \u2018Abd al-Hamid \u2013 al-Hasan b. \u2018Abd Allah al-Nakha\u2019i \u2013 Muslim b. Subayh \u2013 Zayd b. Arqam, may Allah be pleased with him:<\/p>\n
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: \u201cI am leaving behind over you the Two Weighty Things (al-thaqalayn): the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt. Verily, both shall never separate from each other until they meet me at the Lake-Fount.\u201d2<\/a><\/p>\n
Al-Hakim states:<\/p>\n
\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u062d\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0646\u0627\u062f \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0634\u0631\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u062e\u064a\u0646<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This hadith has a sahih chain upon the standard of the two Shaykhs.3<\/a><\/p>\n
Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H) concurs:<\/p>\n
\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0634\u0631\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062e\u0627\u0631\u064a \u0648\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Upon the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim4<\/a><\/p>\n
Imam al-Tabarani (d. 360 H) too has an additional sanad for the hadith:<\/p>\n
\u062d\u062f\u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0645\u0631\u0648 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u064a \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0636\u062d\u0649 \u0639\u0646 \u0632\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0642\u0645 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648 \u0633\u0644\u0645 : \u0625\u0646\u064a \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0646 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u062a\u0631\u062a\u064a \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a \u0648\u0625\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0641\u0631\u0642\u0627 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u064a\u0631\u062f\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0636<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2018Ali b. \u2018Abd al-\u2018Aziz \u2013 \u2018Amr b. \u2018Awn al-Wasiti \u2013 Khalid b. \u2018Abd Allah \u2013 al-Hasan b. \u2018Ubayd Allah \u2013 Abu al-Dhuha \u2013 Zayd b. Arqam:<\/p>\n
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: \u201cI am leaving behind over you the Two Weighty Things (al-thaqalayn): the Book of Allah and my offspring, my Ahl al-Bayt. Verily, both shall never separate from each other until they meet me at the Lake-Fount.\u201d5<\/a><\/p>\n
Shaykh al-Arnaut says about this hadith:<\/p>\n
\u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It is sahih6<\/a><\/p>\n
This is an authentication of all the parts of the hadith by our typically reluctant Shaykh. This, of course, means a lot.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there is no sin in independently verifying the authenticity of the hadith. As such, al-Dhahabi says about the first narrator:<\/p>\n
\u0639\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0631: \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645\u060c \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062f\u0648\u0642\u060c \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u063a\u0648\u064a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2018Ali b. \u2018Abd al-\u2018Aziz b. al-Marzaban b. Sabur: the Imam, the hafiz (hadith scientist), the saduq (very truthful) narrator, Abu al-Hasan al-Baghwi.7<\/a><\/p>\n
Elsewhere, he adds:<\/p>\n
\u0639\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u063a\u0648\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u0645\u0643\u0629. \u062b\u0642\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646\u0647 \u064a\u0637\u0644\u0628 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062b\u060c \u0648\u064a\u0639\u062a\u0630\u0631 \u0628\u0623\u0646\u0647 \u0645\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c. \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0642\u0637\u0646\u064a: \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u0645\u0623\u0645\u0648\u0646.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2018Ali b. \u2018Abd al-\u2018Aziz al-Baghwi: the hafiz (hadith scientist), adjacent to Makkah: Thiqah (trustworthy). However, he used to request (payments) for narrating ahadith, and he is excused on the ground that he was needy. Al-Daraqutni said: \u201cHe was thiqah (trustworthy) and totally reliable.\u201d8<\/a><\/p>\n
Al-Hafiz (d. 852 H) states about the second narrator:<\/p>\n
\u0639\u0645\u0631\u0648 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0648\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0639\u062b\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0632\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0635\u0631\u064a \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u062b\u0628\u062a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2018Amr b. \u2018Awn b. Aws al-Wasiti, Abu \u2018Uthman al-Bazzaz al-Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy), thabt (accurate).9<\/a><\/p>\n
Concerning the third narrator, al-Hafiz also says:<\/p>\n
\u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u064a\u0632\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0637\u062d\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0647\u0645 \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u062b\u0628\u062a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Khalid b. \u2018Abd Allah b. \u2018Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid al-Tahan al-Wasiti al-Muzni, their freed slave: Thiqah (trustworthy), thabt (accurate).10<\/a><\/p>\n
The fourth narrator is thiqah (trustworthy) too, as affirmed by al-Hafiz:<\/p>\n
\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0631\u0648\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u062e\u0639\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0639\u0631\u0648\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0641\u064a \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u0641\u0627\u0636\u0644<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Al-Hasan b. \u2018Ubayd Allah b. \u2018Urwah al-Nakha\u2019i, Abu \u2018Urwah al-Kufi: Thiqah (trustworthy), fadhil (virtuous).11<\/a><\/p>\n
Finally, al-Hafiz proclaims about the last narrator:<\/p>\n
\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0646 \u0635\u0628\u064a\u062d \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0636\u062d\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0637\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0634\u0647\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u0643\u0646\u064a\u062a\u0647 \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u0641\u0627\u0636\u0644<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Muslim b. Subayh al-Hamdani, Abu al-Dhuha al-Kufi al-\u2018Attar, well-known with his kunya: Thiqah (trustworthy), fadhil (virtuous).12<\/a><\/p>\n
Imam Muslim (d. 261 H) also states concerning him:<\/p>\n
\u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0636\u062d\u0649 \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0646 \u0635\u0628\u064a\u062d \u0633\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u0627\u0633 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0628\u0634\u064a\u0631 \u0648\u0632\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0642\u0645 \u0631\u0648\u0649 \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0634 \u0648\u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628 \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u064a \u062b\u0627\u0628\u062a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Abu al-Dhuha, Muslim b. Subayh: He heard (ahadith from) Ibn \u2018Abbas, al-Nu\u2019man b. Bashir and Zayd b. Arqam. Al-A\u2019mash and Habib b. Abi Thabit narrated from him.13<\/a><\/p>\n
So, all the narrators are thiqah (trustworthy), and the sanad, of course, is fully connected. As such, it is a perfectly sahih chain.<\/p>\n
But, there is more! Imam al-Tabarani again documents:<\/p>\n
\u062d\u062f\u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0630 \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0646\u0649 \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u064a \u062b\u0646\u0627 \u062c\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u064a\u062f \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0636\u062d\u0649 \u0639\u0646 \u0632\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0642\u0645 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 : \u0625\u0646\u064a \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0646 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u062a\u0631\u062a\u064a \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a \u0648\u0625\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0641\u0631\u0642\u0627 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u064a\u0631\u062f\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0636<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mu\u2019adh b. al-Muthanna \u2013 \u2018Ali b. al-Madini \u2013 Jarir b. \u2018Abd al-Hamid \u2013 al-Hasan b. \u2018Ubayd Allah \u2013 Abu al-Dhuha \u2013 Zayd b. Arqam:<\/p>\n
The Messenger of Allah said: \u201cI am leaving behind over you the Two Weighty Things (al-thaqalayn): the Book of Allah and my offspring, my Ahl al-Bayt. Verily, both shall never separate from each other until they meet me at the Lake-Fount.\u201d14<\/a><\/p>\n
There are only three new names in this chain.<\/p>\n
Al-Dhahabi says about the first narrator:<\/p>\n
\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0630 \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0646\u0649 \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0646\u0649: \u062b\u0642\u0629\u060c \u0645\u062a\u0642\u0646.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mu\u2019adh b. al-Muthanna, Abu al-Muthanna: Thiqah (trustworthy), extremely precise.15<\/a><\/p>\n
About the second narrator, al-Hafiz states:<\/p>\n
\u0639\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0646 \u062c\u0639\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u0646 \u0646\u062c\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u062f\u064a \u0645\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0647\u0645 \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u064a \u0628\u0635\u0631\u064a \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u062b\u0628\u062a \u0625\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0623\u0639\u0644\u0645 \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0639\u0635\u0631\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0648\u0639\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2018Ali b. \u2018Abd Allah b. Ja\u2019far b. Najih al-Sa\u2019di, their freed slave, Abu al-Hasan b. al-Madini Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy), thabt (accurate), an Imam, the most knowledgeable of his time in hadith and its \u2018ilal.16<\/a><\/p>\n
The third narrator is like that too, as al-Hafiz submits:<\/p>\n
\u062c\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0642\u0631\u0637 \u0628\u0636\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0641 \u0648\u0633\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0637\u0627\u0621 \u0645\u0647\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0641\u064a \u0646\u0632\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a \u0648\u0642\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u062b\u0642\u0629 \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0642\u064a\u0644 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0639\u0645\u0631\u0647 \u064a\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u062d\u0641\u0638\u0647<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jarir b. \u2018Abd al-Hamid b. Qurt al-Dhabi al-Kufi, a resident of al-Rayy and its judge: Thiqah (trustworthy), sahih al-kitab (i.e. whatever he narrated from his books was sahih). It is said that he used to hallucinate due to his memory during the last part of his lifetime.17<\/a><\/p>\n
Al-Hafiz refers to the criticism against Jarir with \u201cit is said\u201d, which is a term employed to express doubt. In other words, al-Hafiz does NOT confirm that Jarir really used to hallucinate during the last part of his lifetime. Secondly, even if the allegation were accepted, it would still not harm Jarir. The claim was that he hallucinated, but not \u201ca lot\u201d. That shows that his memory problem was not serious, and therefore would not affect his ahadith. In any case, there is a mutaba\u2019ah for Jarir by Khalid b. \u2018Abd Allah. Therefore, this second chain is impeccably sahih too, in any case.<\/p>\n
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- 1.<\/a>Abu al-Fida Isma\u2019il b. \u2018Umar b. Kathir al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi, Tafsir al-Qur\u2019an al-\u2018Azim (Dar al-Taybah li al-Nashr wa al-Tawzi\u2019; 2nd edition, 1420 H) [annotator: Sami b. Muhammad Salamah], vol. 7, p. 201<\/li>\n
- 2.<\/a>Abu \u2018Abd Allah Muhammad b. \u2018Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak \u2018ala al-Sahihayn (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-\u2019Ilmiyyah; 1st edition, 1411 H) [annotator: Mustafa \u2018Abd al-Qadir \u2018Ata], vol. 3, p. 160, # 4711<\/li>\n
- 3.<\/a>Ibid<\/li>\n
- 4.<\/a>Ibid<\/li>\n
- 5.<\/a>Abu al-Qasim Sulayman b. Ahmad b. Ayub al-Tabarani, Mu\u2019jam al-Kabir (Mosul: Maktabah al-\u2018Ulum wa al-Hukm; 2nd edition, 1404 H) [annotator: Hamadi b. \u2018Abd al-Majid al-Salafi], vol. 5, p.169, # 4980<\/li>\n
- 6.<\/a>Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Wazir al-Yamani, al-\u2018Awasim wa al-Qawasim fi al-Dhabb \u2018an Sunnah Abi al-Qasim (Beirut: Muasassat al-Risalah; 2nd edition, 1416 H) [annotator: Shu\u2019ayb al-Arnaut], vol. 1, p. 178, footnote # 1<\/li>\n
- 7.<\/a>Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad b. \u2018Uthman al-Dhahabi, Siyar A\u2019lam al-Nubala (Beirut: Muasassat al-Risalah; 9th edition, 1413 H) [annotators: Shu\u2019ayb al-Arnaut and \u2018Ali Abu Zayd], vol. 13, p. 348, # 164<\/li>\n
- 8.<\/a>Abu \u2018Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ahmad b. \u2018Uthman al-Dhahabi, Mizan al-I\u2019tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal (Beirut: Dar al-Ma\u2019rifah) [annotator: \u2018Ali Muhammad al-Bajawi], vol. 3, p. 143, # 5882<\/li>\n
- 9.<\/a>Ahmad b. \u2018Ali b. Hajar al-\u2018Asqalani, Taqrib al-Tahdhib (Beirut: Dar al-Maktabah al-\u2018Ilmiyyah; 2nd edition, 1415 H) [annotator: Mustafa \u2018Abd al-Qadir \u2018Ata], vol. 1, p. 742, # 5104<\/li>\n
- 10.<\/a>Ibid, vol. 1, p. 259, # 1652<\/li>\n
- 11.<\/a>Ibid, vol. 1, p. 206, # 1258<\/li>\n
- 12.<\/a>Ibid, vol. 2, p. 179, # 6653<\/li>\n
- 13.<\/a>Muslim b. al-Hajjaj, al-Kuna wa al-Asma (Madinah al-Munawwarah: al-Jami\u2019ah al-Islamiyyah; 1st edition, 1404 H) [annotator: \u2018Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Ahmad al-Qushqari], vol. 1, P. 455, 1722<\/li>\n
- 14.<\/a>Abu al-Qasim Sulayman b. Ahmad b. Ayub al-Tabarani, Mu\u2019jam al-Kabir (Mosul: Maktabah al-\u2018Ulum wa al-Hukm; 2nd edition, 1404 H) [annotator: Hamadi b. \u2018Abd al-Majid al-Salafi], vol. 5, p.170, # 4981<\/li>\n
- 15.<\/a>Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad b. \u2018Uthman al-Dhahabi, Siyar A\u2019lam al-Nubala (Beirut: Muasassat al-Risalah; 9th edition, 1413 H) [annotators: Shu\u2019ayb al-Arnaut and \u2018Ali Abu Zayd], vol. 13, p. 527, # 259<\/li>\n
- 16.<\/a>Ahmad b. \u2018Ali b. Hajar al-\u2018Asqalani, Taqrib al-Tahdhib (Beirut: Dar al-Maktabah al-\u2018Ilmiyyah; 2nd edition, 1415 H) [annotator: Mustafa \u2018Abd al-Qadir \u2018Ata], vol. 1, p. 697, # 4776<\/li>\n
- 17.<\/a>Ibid, vol. 1, p. 158, # 918<\/li>\n
- source:al-islam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Prophet, sallallahu \u2018alaihi wa alihi, conveyed Hadith al-Thaqalayn in different words to absolutely ensure that the message was not lost on his audiences. At \u2018Arafat, he declared: \u064a\u0627 \u0623\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0625\u0646\u064a \u0642\u062f \u062a\u0631\u0643\u062a \u0641\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0645\u0627 \u0625\u0646 \u0623\u062e\u0630\u062a\u0645 \u0628\u0647 \u0644\u0646 \u062a\u0636\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0639\u062a\u0631\u062a\u064a \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a O mankind! I have left behind over you that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7572],"tags":[13763,7555,7573,9546,7563,19669],"class_list":["post-16717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contention-ahl-al-bayt-to-ghadir","tag-ahl-al-bayt-a-s","tag-ghadir","tag-imam-ali","tag-islam","tag-quran","tag-shia-studies-world-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}