Ahlul Bayt (as)
One day, Imam al-Baqir (a.s) asked Ibn Dharr if he had heard some hadiths. Ibn Dharr said, “O Son of Allah’s Messenger! The Holy Prophet said, “I am leaving among you two valuable things; one each greater than the other; the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt. If you resort to then, you will never go astray.”
Imam al-Baqir (a.s) said, “O Ibn Dharr, if you ever meet Allah’s Messenger and he asks you what you have done about these two valuable things, what will your answer be?”
Ibn Dharr started weeping bitterly and said,
أمَّا الأكْبَرُ فَمَزَّقْنَاهُ، وَأمَّا الأصْغَرُ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ!
“Alas! We have torn apart the Greater one and killed the smaller one.”[1]
Ahl al-Bayt are the Holy Qur’an’s counterpart hence they have all the features of the Book:
The Holy Qur’an is full of knowledge. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
The Holy Qur’an is light. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
The Holy Qur’an is balance. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
The Holy Qur’an is pure. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
The Holy Qur’an is guidance. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
The Holy Qur’an is an intercessor on the Judgment Day. So are Ahl al-Bayt.
