Month: December 2022

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.

The Holy Prophet (pbuh&hp) said:
“Whoever contests Ali in regard to the khilafah is an unbeliever.”
Sunni Refernces:

• Ibn al Maghazili in his Manaqib (Tehran), p.45, from Abu Dharr al Ghifari,
• Allamah Ayni Hyderabadi in Manaqib Sayyidina Ali (Alam Press, Charminar), p.52, from al Khatib
  al Khwarazmi and Ibn al Maghazili.