(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو النَّضْرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنِ
الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ
عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنِّي أُوشِكُ أَنْ أُدْعَى فَأُجِيبَ ، وَإِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَعِتْرَتِي كِتَابُ اللَّهِ حَبْلٌ مَمْدُودٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ، وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلُ بَيْتِي ، وَإِنَّ اللَّطِيفَ الْخَبِيرَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَفْتَرِقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ ، فَانْظُرُونِي بِمَ تَخْلُفُونِي فِيهِمَا " .
Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon my call will come and I will answer it. I am leaving among you two important things, one of which is greater than the other: one is the Book of Allah, which is a rope hanging from the sky to the earth, and the other is my Ahl al-Bayt. These two things will not separate from each other until they come to me at the Pond of Kawthar. Now see how you act regarding my succession in these two matters?