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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Hello guys!
I want to show you some authentic Hadiths from Sunni authentic sources which prove that the 12 Successors of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) are from his Ahlul Baty and progeny, not anyone else.
Dear brothers and sisters, these are the sayings of your Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his progeny):
1.Zayd ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his progeny) said, "I have left two complete Successors among you: The book of Allah and my progeny. Indeed, they will never separate until they meet me at the pool [of Kowthar, in Paradise]."
(إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمُ الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ كَامِلَتَيْنِ: كِتَابَ اللَّهِ، وَعِتْرَتِي، وَإِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ).
The oldest book in which this Hadith is narrated, is the book of Ibn Abi Shayba, the teacher of Al-Bukhari (See Musnad Ibn Abi Shayba, V1, P.108). Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal in his Musnad, Imam Al-Tabarani in Al-Mo'jam Al-Kabir, and others have also narrated this Hadith in their books.
Albani (Al-Bukhari of time, a fanatic Wahhabi) in his book, Sahih Al-Jami' Al-Saqir wa Ziyadatihi, V1, P 482, and Al-Haytami (one of the eminent Sunni Imams of Hadith) in two parts of his book, Majma' Al-Zawaeed(1 and 2), have siad that this Hadith is Sahih (صحيح).
*This Hadith proves that those 12 Successors of Prophet (s) about whom Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) talked, are from the progeny and Ahlul Bayt of him (peace be upon him and his progeny) [e.g., Prophet (s) said: The religion will continue until the Hour has been established, and there would be twelve Successors upon you, all of them being from the Quraish (Sahih Muslim, Book 33, Hadith 11)].
In addition, the following authentic Hadiths say that we must follow both Quran, and the progeny and Ahlul Bayt of Prophet (s). They also prove that Quran and the progeny of the Prophet (s) never separate until Hearafter:
2.Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: 'Indeed, I am leaving among you, that which if you hold fast to it, you will never be misguided after me. One of them is greater than the other: The Book of Allah which is a rope extended from the sky to the earth, and my progeny - my Ahlul Bayt - and they will never separate until they meet me at the Hawdh [of Kowthar, Paradise].
(إني تارك فيكم ما إن تمسكتم به لن تضلوا بعدي أحدهما أعظم من الآخر كتاب الله حبل ممدود من السماء إلى الأرض وعترتي أهل بيتي ولن يتفرقا حتى يردا علي الحوض فانظروا كيف تخلفوني فيهما)
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi)
At-Tirmidhi himself wrote that the Hadith is Hasan (حسن). Albani has also said that this Hadith is Sahih (صحيح) (See, Sahih Al-Jami' Al-Saqir wa Ziyadatihi by Albani, V1, P 482).
3.Jabir bin 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: "O people! Indeed, I have left among you, that which if you hold fast to it, you shall not go astray: The Book of Allah and my progeny, my Ahlul Bayt".
(يا أيها الناس إني قد تركت فيكم ما إن أخذتم به لن تضلوا كتاب الله وعترتي أهل بيتي)
At-Tirmidhi (one of the eminent Sunni Imams of Hadith) wrote that the Hadith is Hasan (حسن).
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi)
4.Imam Ali (peace be upon him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: "I have left among you which if you grasp will cause you to never go astray, the Book of Allah whose rope is in my hand and yours, and my Ahlul Bayt".
( وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا كتاب الله تعالى، سَبَبُهُ بيدي، وَسَبَبُهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي)
Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (one of the most eminent Sunni Imams of Hadith) says that the Hadith is Sahih.(هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ).
(Al-Matalibul Aliyyah by Ibn Hajar Asqalani, V16, P142.)
5.Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (s) said:"'O people! Indeed, I am leaving behind two matters among you if you follow them you will never go astray: The Book of Allah and my Ahlul Bayt, my progeny".
(أيها الناس ، إني تارك فيكم أمرين لن تضلوا إن اتبعتموهما ، وهما : كتاب الله ، وأهل بيتي عترتي)
(Al-Mostadrak Aala As-Sahihayn by Al-Haakim, V 4, P 72)
Al-Haakim (one of the eminent Sunni Imam of Hadith) has narrated this Hadith and said that it is Sahih (حديث سلمة بن كهيل ، عن أبي الطفيل أيضا صحيح على شرطهما, See before the Hadith). Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami has also said that this Hadith is Sahih ( وَفِي رِوَايَة صَحِيحَة :إِنِّي تَارِك فِيكُم أَمريْن لن تضلوا إِن تبعتموهما وهما كتاب الله وَأهل بَيْتِي عِتْرَتِي, See Al-Sawa'igh by Al-Haytami)
6.Abu Sa'id Al-Khodri (may Allah be pleased with him) has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed, I have left among you, that which if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray: The two weighty things; One of them is greater than the other. The Book of Allah which is a rope extended from the heaven to the earth, and my progeny, my Ahlul Bayt. Beware! They will never separate each other until they meet me at the pool [of Al-Kowthar, in Paradise].
(إني قد تركت فيكم ما إن أخذتم به لن تضلوا بعدي الثقلين أحدهما أكبر من الآخر كتاب الله حبل ممدود من السماء إلى الأرض وعترتي أهل بيتي ألا وإنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض)
Ahmad ibn Hambal has narrated this Hadith in his Musnad. Al-Haytamy has said that the route of the narrators of this Hadith does not have any problem (وَسَنَده لَا بَأْس بِهِ, See Al-Sawa'iq). So, it is Sahih.
It should be said that Az-Zahabi is also between those eminent Imams of Hadith who have said that the Hadith of Thaqalayn (Quran and the progeny of Prophet (s)) is Sahih (قال شيخنا أبو عبد الله الذهبي : وهذا حديث صحيح, See here). In addition, Hadith of Thaqalayn is Mutiwatir (frequent). Al-Haytami (one of the most eminent Sunni Imams of Hadith) wrote in his book, Al-Sawa'iq that the Hadith Thaqalayn is narrated from 20-odd Sahaba (companions of Prophet) [ثمَّ اعْلَم أَن لحَدِيث التَّمَسُّك بذلك طرقا كَثِيرَة وَردت عَن نَيف وَعشْرين صحابيا, As-Sawa'iq by Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami, V 2, P 440]. So, this Hadith is certainly Mutiwatir.
