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)."

• Preface
• The Meaning of Tawatur
• Some Sahih Versions of the Hadith
• The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al Thaqalayn
• ‘Abaqat al-Anwar
• Narrators of Hadith al Thaqalayn From Among the Sahabah
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn from Among the Tabi’un
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Second- Eighth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Third- Ninth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourth-Tenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fifth-Eleventh Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Sixth-Twelfth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Seventh-Thirteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eight-Fourteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Ninth- Fifteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Tenth-Sixteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eleventh-Seventeenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Twelfth- Eighteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Thirteenth- Nineteenth Century
• Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourteenth- Twentieth Century
• The Meaning of Hadith al-Thaqalayn
• Some Traditions that Appear to Conflict with Hadith al-Thaqalayn