Hadith Thaqalayn Between The Ahlus Sunnah and The Shia

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Conclusion   My humble advice to the one who truly desires the truth—for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala and the love of the Ahlul Bayt radiya Llahu ‘anhum: Know that Allah knows what is in your heart and nothing is hidden from Him. You will be accountable on the Day of judgement and you will be questioned by Allah subhanahu […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Narrators of the Ahlus Sunnah transmitted the Qur’an and the Sunnah    The Shia do not acknowledge ahadith of the Ahlus Sunnah from the outset nor do they believe in it. They claim that these narrators are from the adversaries who do not follow the Imams of the Ahlul Bayt, and instead follow their enemies. I say: How then can the Shia accept […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Manner in which the Ahlus Sunnah and Shia act upon this Hadith   The Ahlus Sunnah and the Thaqalayn Let us submit, for argument sake, that the hadith is authentic and that there is no ambiguity in it. So who truly practices upon the hadith: the Ahlus Sunnah wa al Jama’ah or the ’Ithna ‘Ashariyyah (Twelvers) Shia?   1. The Ahlus Sunnah […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Meaning of Holding on to the Thaqalayn According to Ahlus Sunnah wa al Jama’ah.   Indeed the meaning of taking hold of the Book of Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala is clinging to and acting according to it. As for the Ahlul Bayt radiya Llahu ‘anhum the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam is encouraging the Ummah to fulfil the rights awarded […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Shia substantiation from Hadith al Thaqalayn   The Ithna ‘Ashariyyah (Twelvers) Shia—may Allah guide us and them—substantiate from a hadith that has been deemed Da’if (weak) by many scholars of the Ahlus Sunnah: تركت فيكم ما إن أخذتم به لن تضلوا:كتاب الله وعترتي أهل بيتي. I have left among you that which if you were to hold on to it, you will […]