Re: Hadith al-Thaqalayn: The Two Weighty Things
Jan1001, either you are a 10 year old kid who doesnt know much or you are a jaahil. Now read with eyes wide open how many Sunni scholars have authenticated it:
VERSION ONE:
أما بعد، ألا أيها الناس فإنّما أنا بشر يوشك أنْ يأتي رسول ربي فأجيب، وأنا تارك فيكم ثقلين: أولهما كتاب الله فيه الهدى والنور، فخذوا بكتاب الله واستمسكوا به» فحثّ على كتاب الله ورغّب فيه، ثم قال: «وأهل بيتي، أذكركم الله في أهل بيتي، أذكركم الله في أهل بيتي، أذكركم الله في أهل بيتي
O people, I am only a human being and I am about to respond to the messenger of my Lord . I am leaving behind Two Precious Things (Thaqalayn) among you. The first of the two is the Book of Allah. In it is guidance and light. So get hold of the Book of Allah and adhere to it." (The narrator, Zayd ibn al-Arqam said: Then he urged and motivated (us) regarding the Book of Allah . Then he said), "And my Ahl al-*Bayt (family). I urge you to remember Allah regarding my Ahl al-*Bayt. I urge you to remember Allah regarding my Ahl al-*Bayt. I urge you to remember Allah regarding my Ahl al-Bayt
Sahih Muslim, part 7, Kitab fada'il al*Sahabah [Maktabat wa Matbaat MuhammadAli Subayh wa Awladuhu: Cairo] pp. 122-123
VERSION TWO:
إنّي تارك فيكم ما إنْ تمسكتم به لن تضلوا بعدي أحدهما أعظم من الآخر: كتاب الله حبل ممدود من السماء إلى الأرض، وعترتي أهل بيتي ولن يفترقا حتى يردا عليّ الحوض، فانظروا كيف تخلفوني فيهما
I am leaving behind among you that which if you firmly hold onto, you will never go astray. One of them is greater than the other: the Book of Allah, a rope stretching from the heavens to the earth, and my progeny, my Ahl al-Bayt. The two will never separate until they meet me at the Pond. Watch how you treat them after me.
Sayyid Hasan Saqqaf has declared it sahih in his Sahih Sharh Aqidat al-Tahawi, p. 654 (published by Dar al-Imam al-Nawawi). Al-Albaani too has declared it sahih in his Sahih Jami' al-Saghir, Vol. 1, p. 482 (Maktaba al-Islami).
VERSION THREE:
إني تارك فيكم خليفتين: كتاب الله حبل ممدود ما بين السماء والأرض أو ما بين السماء إلى الأرض وعترتي أهل بيتي وأنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا عليّ الحوض
I am leaving behind among you two successors: the Book of Allah, a rope between the heaven and the earth and my progeny, my Ahl al-Bayt. The two will never separate until they meet me at the Pond.
Hamza Ahmad Zayn in his authentication of al-Musnad (Vol. 16, p. 28, Dar al-Hadith, Cairo) declares its chain hasan. Al-Haythami in his Majma' al-Zawaid (Vol. 9, p. 162, Dar al-Kitab al-Alamiya) declares its chain good. Al-Albaani on his own declares it sahih in his Sahih Jami' al-Saghir, Vol. 1, p. 482 (Maktab al-Islami).
VERSION FOUR:
إنّي تركت فيكم خليفتين كتاب الله وأهل بيتي وأنّهما لم يفترقا حتى يردا عليّ الحوض
I am leaving behind among you two successors: the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt. The two will never separate until they meet me at the Pond.
Al-Haythami has recorded it in his Majma' al-Zawaid (Vol. 1, p. 170, Dar al-Kitab al-Alamiya) and declared: Tabarani has recorded it and its narrators are thuqah.
إني تارك فيكم خليفتين كتاب الله وأهل بيتي وأنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض جميعاً
I am leaving behind among you two successors: the Book of Allah and the Ahl al-Bayt. The two will never separate until they meet me at the Pond.
The authenticator of Musnad Ahmad (Vol. 16, p. 50, Dar al-Hadith Cairo), Hamza Ahmad Zayn says: "Its chain is hasan".
VERSION FIVE:
كأني قد دعيت فأجبت إني قد تركت فيكم الثقلين أحدهما أكبر من الآخر كتاب الله وعترتي أهل بيتي فانظروا كيف تخلفوني فيهما فإنهما لن يتفرقا حتى يردا عليّ الحوض، ثم قال: إن الله مولاي وأنا ولي كل مؤمن ثم أخذ بيد علي فقال: من كنت وليّه فهذا وليّه، اللهم وال من والاه وعاد من عاداه
It is like I have been called and I will respond. I have left Two Weight Things behind among you. One of them is greater than the other: the Book of Allah and my progeny, my Ahl al-Bayt. Watch how you treat them after me, for the two shall never separate until they meet me at the Pond. (Then he said) Allah is my Master, and I am the master of all believers. (Then he held Ali's hand and said) Whosoever I am his master, this (Ali) is his master. O Allah, love whoever loves him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.
Al-Hakim has recorded the hadith in his al-Mustadrak (Vol. 3, p. 109, Dar al-Marfat) and said: This hadith is sahih on the conditions of the two Sheikhs though they have not recorded it in full. Ibn Kathir too has recorded it in his al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (Vol. 5, p. 228, Mu'sassat tarikh al-Arabi) and said: Our Sheikh Abu Abdullah al-Dhahabi said: The hadith is sahih.
VERSION SIX:
فمن كان الله ورسوله مولاه فإن هذا مولاه وقد تركت فيكم ما إنْ اخذتم به لن تضلوا كتاب الله سببه بيده وسببه بأيديكم وأهل بيتي
And whosoever Allah and His Messenger are his Master, then certainly this one (Ali) is his master. I have left among you what, if you hold firmly, you will never go astray: the Book of Allah, one end is in His Hand while the other end is in your hands, andmy Ahl al-Bayt.
Busayri said: Ishaq has narrated it from a sahih chain (Itihaf al-Khaerati al-Mahr, Vol. 9, page 279, No. 8974, Maktaba al-Rushd, Riyadh). Ibn hajar al-Asqalani too in his Matalib al-Aliya (Vol. 4, p. 65, No. 3972, Dar al-Ma'rfat) states: This is a sahih chain. The authenticator of Al-Sakhawi's al-Istijlab (Vol. 1, p. 357, Dar al-Bashaira al-Islamiyyah), Khalid ibn Ahmad Samee says: The chain is sahih.*