" that I am about to be called and will respond, and I have left among you that which, if you hold onto it, you will never go astray after me: the two weighty things. One of them is greater than the other: the Book of Allāh, a rope extended from the heaven to the earth, and my family, the members of my household. Indeed, they will not separate until they return to me at the Pond." It was recorded by Aḥmad (3/14, 17, 26, 59), Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim (1553, 1555), al-Ṭabarānī (2678-2679), and al-Daylamī (2/1/45). Its isnād is considered good in corroborating narrations. There are other corroborations from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah with al-Dāraquṭnī (p. 529), al-Ḥākim (1/93), and al-Khaṭīb in "al-Faqīh wa-al-Mutafaqqih" (56/1). And from Ibn ʿAbbās with al-Ḥākim, who authenticated it, and al-Dhahabī agreed. And from ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf with Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "Jāmiʿ Bayān al-ʿIlm" (2/24, 110). Although their individual components are not free from weakness, some strengthen others, and the best of them is the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās. Then I found a strong corroboration from the ḥadīth of ʿAlī, raised [to the Prophet]. It was recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (2/307) through the route of Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqdī: Yezīd ibn Kathīr narrated to us from Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī from his father from ʿAlī, raised [to the Prophet], with the wording: "... the Book of Allāh is in your hands, and my family." Its narrators are trustworthy except for Yezīd ibn Kathīr, whom I did not recognize, and it is likely that it was a typographical or scribal error. And Allāh knows best. Then it occurred to me that it might have been a mistake by someone, and the correct name is Kathīr ibn Zayd. I confirmed this after referring to the books of narrators, where I found him mentioned among the teachers of ʿĀmir al-ʿAqdī and among those who narrated from Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī. All praise is due to Allāh for His guidance