Hadith al-Thaqalayn

A study of the tawatur, or the multiplicity of sources and narrators that verify the authenticity of Hadith al-Thaqalayn, when the Messenger of Allah (s) said: "Verily, I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you: the Book of God and my kindred (\`itrah), my household (Ahl al-Bayt), for indeed, the two will never separate until they come back to me by the Pond (of al-­Kawthar on the Day of Judgment)."

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Chapters

  1. Preface
  2. The Meaning of Tawatur
  3. Some Sahih Versions of the Hadith
  4. The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al Thaqalayn
  5. ‘Abaqat al-Anwar
  6. Narrators of Hadith al Thaqalayn From Among the Sahabah
  7. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn from Among the Tabi’un
  8. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Second- Eighth Century
  9. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Third- Ninth Century
  10. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourth-Tenth Century
  11. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fifth-Eleventh Century
  12. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Sixth-Twelfth Century
  13. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Seventh-Thirteenth Century
  14. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eight-Fourteenth Century
  15. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Ninth- Fifteenth Century
  16. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Tenth-Sixteenth Century
  17. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eleventh-Seventeenth Century
  18. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Twelfth- Eighteenth Century
  19. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Thirteenth- Nineteenth Century
  20. Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourteenth- Twentieth Century
  21. The Meaning of Hadith al-Thaqalayn
  22. Some Traditions that Appear to Conflict with Hadith al-Thaqalayn

First published on al-islam.org.

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