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The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al­Thaqalayn - 4. In the Prophet's Chamber During His Last Illness:

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4. In the Prophet's Chamber During His Last Illness:

Ibn Abi Shaybah, as cited by Al­`Isami in Simt al­nujum al­'awali, ii, 502, no. 136, has narrated the following tradition:




    The Messenger of Allah (S) said during his last illness: "Soon I am going to pass away and I have extended to you my plea of excuse. Lo, verily I leave behind amongst you two precious things: the Book of Allah , the Almighty and the Glorious, and my kindred (`Itrah)." Then he took `Ali's hand and raised it, saying, "This `Ali is with the Qur'an and the Qur'an is with `Ali. The two will not separate until they return to me by the Pond. Then I will ask the two as to how they were treated after me."

Among the narrators of this tradition are:

    al­Bazzaz, Musnad, as mentioned in Kashf al­'astar, iii, 221, no. 2612;
    Muhammad ibn Ja`far al­Razzaz, from Umm Salamah (where she is explicit that the Prophet [S] made this pronouncement in his chamber which was filled by the Companions), as cited in Wasilat al­ma'al;
    Al­'Azhari, Tahdhib al­lughah, ix, 78;
    al­Khatib al­Khwarazmi, Maqtal al­Husayn (A), i, 164, from Ibn `Abbas;
    Ibn Hajar, al­Sawa`iq al­muhriqah, 89, from Umm Salamah.

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