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Hadith of thaqalayn (Arabic: حديث الثقلين, literally: hadith of the two weighty things) is a famous and mutawatir (frequent) hadith from the Prophet (a): | '''Hadith of thaqalayn''' (Arabic: حديث الثقلين, literally: hadith of the two weighty things) is a famous and mutawatir (frequent) hadith from the Prophet (a): "I leave after myself the book of Allah (Qur'an) and my 'itra (family) between you, these two will never separate each other till the judgment day." | ||
The hadith is accepted by all Muslims, both Sunni and Shi'a, and has come in the hadith books of all of Islamic sects. | The hadith is accepted by all Muslims, both Sunni and Shi'a, and has come in the hadith books of all of Islamic sects. | ||
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إِنِّی تَارِک فِیکمْ أَمْرَینِ إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِمَا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا- کتَابَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَهْلَ بَیتِی عِتْرَتِی أَیهَا النَّاسُ اسْمَعُوا وَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُ إِنَّکمْ سَتَرِدُونَ عَلَی الْحَوْضَ فَأَسْأَلُکمْ عَمَّا فَعَلْتُمْ فِی الثَّقَلَینِ وَ الثَّقَلَانِ کتَابُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِکرُهُ وَ أَهْلُ بَیتِی | إِنِّی تَارِک فِیکمْ أَمْرَینِ إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِمَا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا- کتَابَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَهْلَ بَیتِی عِتْرَتِی أَیهَا النَّاسُ اسْمَعُوا وَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُ إِنَّکمْ سَتَرِدُونَ عَلَی الْحَوْضَ فَأَسْأَلُکمْ عَمَّا فَعَلْتُمْ فِی الثَّقَلَینِ وَ الثَّقَلَانِ کتَابُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِکرُهُ وَ أَهْلُ بَیتِی | ||
"Indeed I am leaving two things among you, to which if you hold yourself, you will never astray: the book of Allah –who is all mighty and great- and my ahl al-bayt (household), my 'itra (family). O people hear! And I have announced to you that: indeed you will enter my presence and I will ask you about what you did to the thaqalayn (two weighty things) and the thaqalayn are the book of Allah and my ahl al-bayt." | |||
''Sunan al-Nasa'i'', one of the six sahih (authentic) books of Sunnis: | ''Sunan al-Nasa'i'', one of the six sahih (authentic) books of Sunnis: | ||
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کأنی قد دعیت فاجبت، انی قد ترکت فیکم الثقلین احدهما اکبر من الآخر، کتاب الله و عترتی اهل بیتی، فانظروا کیف تخلفونی فیهما، فانهما لن یفترقا حتی یردا علی الحوض | کأنی قد دعیت فاجبت، انی قد ترکت فیکم الثقلین احدهما اکبر من الآخر، کتاب الله و عترتی اهل بیتی، فانظروا کیف تخلفونی فیهما، فانهما لن یفترقا حتی یردا علی الحوض | ||
"Looks like I have been called, and I answered (my time of death has come), indeed I have leaved the thaqalayn (two weighty things) among you, one of them is greater form the other, the book of Allah and my 'itra (family), my ahl al-bayt (household). So look after how you will behave with them after me, indeed they will never separate each other until they enter my presence by the pool [in the paradise]." | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==Place and Time== | ==Place and Time== | ||
There's disagreement about when and where the hadith is stated; for example Ibn Hajar al-Haythami says: | There's disagreement about when and where the hadith is stated; for example Ibn Hajar al-Haythami says: "the Prophet (s), stated the hadith of thaqalayn, after the conquest of Mecca, on his way back to medina, in [[Ta'if]]"; but others mentioned other times and places. | ||
Studying this different hadiths, it's apparent that although some of them could be considered as different reports about a single occurrence, but not for many others; so it is clear that the Prophet (a) has mentioned the importance of thaqalayn (Qur'an and ahl al-bayt) in different times and places, especially in his last days of life. | Studying this different hadiths, it's apparent that although some of them could be considered as different reports about a single occurrence, but not for many others; so it is clear that the Prophet (a) has mentioned the importance of thaqalayn (Qur'an and ahl al-bayt) in different times and places, especially in his last days of life. | ||
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==Sunna or 'Itra?== | ==Sunna or 'Itra?== | ||
In some of the sources of Sunnis, instead of the word | In some of the sources of Sunnis, instead of the word "'itra'' (family) the word "sunna" (tradition) has come. These narrations are rare and even Sunni scholars didn't considered them; because the hadith with the word "sunna" didn't come in the original reliable sources. | ||
===Who are 'Itra?=== | ===Who are 'Itra?=== | ||
In most of the narrations the phrase | In most of the narrations the phrase "ahl al-bayt" has come as a description for the word "'itra", but in some narrations only "'itra", and in some other only "ahl al-bayt" has come, and in some cases the order about the obedience of ahl al-bayt is repeated. | ||
In some of Shi'a sources, twelve imams are mentioned as the explanation of | In some of Shi'a sources, twelve imams are mentioned as the explanation of "ahl al-bayt". | ||
==Importance == | ==Importance == | ||