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to Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with them both). When we had sat with him, Ḥuṣayn said, “O Zayd, you have indeed attained abundant good: you saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, you heard his words, you campaigned with him, and you prayed behind him. Truly, O Zayd, you have met with great good. Tell us, then, O Zayd, what you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

He replied, “My nephew, by Allah, I have grown old, much time has passed, and I have forgotten some of what I once retained (1) from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Whatever I relate to you, accept it; and whatever I omit, do not burden me with it.”

He then said, “One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood to address us at a spring called Khumm (2), situated between Mecca and Madinah. He praised Allah, extolled Him, admonished and reminded us, and then declared:

‘To proceed: O people, I am but a human being. Soon (3) the messenger of my Lord will come to me and I shall answer his call. I am leaving among you two weighty trusts (4). The first of them is the Book of Allah; in it are guidance and light. So hold fast to the Book of Allah and cling to it.’

He urged adherence to the Book of Allah and encouraged devotion to it. Then he said:

‘And my Household—I remind you by Allah concerning my Household, I remind you by Allah concerning my Household, I remind you by Allah concerning my Household.’

Ḥuṣayn asked, “Who are his Household, O Zayd? Are not his wives part of his Household?” He replied, “His wives are indeed part of his Household, but those of his Household who are forbidden to receive charity after him are: the family of ʿAlī, the family of ʿAqīl, the family of Jaʿfar, and the family of ʿAbbās.” Ḥuṣayn said, “Are all of these forbidden to receive charity?” Zayd answered, “Yes.” Recorded by Muslim.

In another wording: “Behold, I am leaving among you two weighty trusts: one of them is the Book of Allah—it is the rope of Allah. Whoever follows it is upon guidance; whoever abandons it is upon misguidance.”

351 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates that Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (may Allah be pleased with him) said—his statement being mawqūf upon him: “Look after Muḥammad ﷺ in regard to his Household.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

The meaning of ‘arqibūhu’ is: watch over him, honor him, and treat him with reverence. And Allah knows best.

(1) That is: “retain it” (i.e., commit it to memory). (2) Khumm—pronounced with a dumma on the kha and a doubled mim—is a well-known pond adjacent to the Ghayda; hence the place is called Ghadir Khumm. (3) That is: it is near. (4) Read al-thaqalayn with a fat-ha on the initial letter tha (the three-dotted consonant) and on the qaf; they are called “the two weighty things” because of their immense importance and exalted rank.

إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ : لَقَدْ لَقِيتَ يَا زَيْدُ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَمِعْتَ حَدِيثَهُ وَغَزَوْتَ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَهُ ؛ لَقَدْ لَقِيتَ يَا زَيْدُ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ، حَدَّثَنَا يَا زَيْدُ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، قَالَ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي وَقَدَّمَ عَهْدِي وَنَسِيتُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَعِي (١) مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَمَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا وَمَا لَا فَلَا تُكَلِّفُونِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ : قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فِينَا خَطِيبًا بِمَاءٍ يُدْعَى خُمًّا (٢) ، بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ، وَوَعَظَ وَذَكَرَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : « أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَلَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوشِكُ (٣) أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ رَبِّي فَأُجِيبَ وَأَنَا تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ ثَقَلَيْنِ (٤) ، أَوَّلُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ ، فِيهِ الْهُدَى وَالنُّورُ فَخُذُوا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَاسْتَمْسِكُوا بِهِ » ، فَحَثَّ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَرَغَّبَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ : « وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي » فَقَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ : وَمَنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ يَا زَيْدُ أَلَيْسَ نِسَاؤُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ؟ قَالَ : نِسَاؤُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَلَكِنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ مِنْ حُرُمِ الصَّدَقَةِ بَعْدَهُ قَالَ : وَمَنْ هُمْ ؟ قَالَ : هُمْ آلُ عَلِيٍّ وَآلُ عَقِيلٍ وَآلُ جَعْفَرٍ وَآلُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ حُرُمَ الصَّدَقَةِ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ . رواه مسلم . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : « أَلَا وَإِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ ثَقَلَيْنِ : أَحَدُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ حَبْلُ اللَّهِ ، مَنْ أَتْبَعَهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ كَانَ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ » . ٣٥١ - وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : أَرْقِبُوا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ، رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ . مَعْنَى « ارقبوه » : رَاعُوهُ وَاحْتَرِمُوهُ وَأَكْرِمُوهُ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ .

(١) أَي : احْفَظ . (٢) خُمًّا (بِضَمِّ الْمُعْجَمَةِ وَتَشْدِيدِ الْمِيمِ) غَدِيرٌ مَشْهُورٌ يُضَافُ إِلَى الْغَيْضَةِ ، فَيُقَالُ : غَدِيرُ خُمٍّ . (٣) أَي : يَقْرُب . (٤) بِفَتْحِ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ وَالْقَافِ ، سُمِّيَا ثَقَلَيْنِ لِعِظَمِهِمَا وَكِبَرِ شَأْنِهِمَا .