[soc.religion.islam] Hadith about Ali

sadeghi@oxy.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) (03/06/90)

	   Sahih Muslim, Kitab fada'il al-Sahabah (cmxcvi).

	   (The Prophet to Ali:)

	   You are in the same position with relation to me as Aaron
	   (Harun) was in relation to Moses but with (the difference)
	   that there is no Prophet after me.

	   (The Prophet:)

	   O people, I am a human being.  I am about to receive a
	   messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in
	   response to Allah's call, would bid good-bye to you. But I
	   am leaving among you _two_ _weighty_ _things_: the one
	   being the Book of guidance and light, so hold fast to the
	   Book of Allah and adhere to it.  The second are the
	   members of my household.  I remind you (of your duties) to
	   the members of my family.

	   Behnam Sadeghi