
The Holy Prophet (pbuh&hp) said:
“The parable of my Ahlul bayt is that of the boat of Noah, whoever
gets aboard it is saved and whoever stays away from it is
drowned.”
Sunni References:
Al Hakim in his Mustadrak, ii, 343, iii, 150:
- Abu Nuaym in Hilyat al Awliya’, iv, 306;
- al Khatib in Ta’rikh Baghdad, xii, 19;
- al Suyuti in al Durr al Manthur (al-Matba`at al Maymaniyyah, Egypt, 1314), under verse 2:58;
- al Muttaqi in Kanz al Ummal, i, 250, vi, 216;
- al Haythami in Majma` al Zawa’id, ix, 167, 168;
al Muhibb al Tabari in Dhakha’ir al Uqba, 20; al Manawi in Kunuz al?Haqa’iq, 132.