Sahih muslim 31: hadith no: 5920
and 31 Hadith no: 5923
"I am leaving among you two
weighty things: the one being the
Book of Allah in which there is
right guidance and light, so hold
fast to the Book of Allah and adhere
to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast)
to the Book of Allah and then said:
The second are the members of my
household I remind you (of your
duties) to the members of my
family."
Furthermore the Prophet (s.a.w) left
indication of who would be his
successor after him, and it was not
the choice of the Prophet (s.a.w),
rather it was the choice of Allah
(swt), for no one has the right to
choose the leaders save Allah (swt).
Sahih MuslimBook 31 Hadith
Number 5914 and Sahih Bukhari
5.56 and 5.700:
The Prophet (s.a.w) said to Ali (a.s),
"Will you not be pleased that you
will be to me like Aaron to Moses?
But there will be no Prophet after
me." Reference: Ahmad bin Hanbal
related it from Barā’ bin ‘Āzib
through two different chains of
transmission in al-Musnad (4:281);
Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf
(12:78 # 12167); Muhib Tabarī,
Dhakhā’ir-ul-‘uqbā fī manāqib
dhawī al-qurbā (p.125), ar-Riyādun-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah
(3:126, 127); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl
(13:133, 134 # 36420); Ibn ‘Asākir,
Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (5:167,
168); Ibn Athīr, Asad-ul-ghābah
(4:103); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah
wan-nihāyah (4:169; 5:464).
“It is narrated by Barā’ bin ‘Āzib
(r.a): We were on a journey with
Allāh’s Messenger (s.a.w). (On the
way) we stayed at Ghadīr Khum.
There it was announced that the
prayer was about to be offered. The
space under two trees was cleaned
for Allāh’s Messenger (s.a.w). Then
he offered thezuhr (noon) prayer,
and, holding ‘Alī’s hand, he said:
'Don’t you know that I am even
nearer than the lives of the
believers?' They said: 'Why not!' He
said: 'Don’t you know that I am
even nearer than the life of every
believer?' They said: 'Why not!' The
narrator says that he said while
holding ‘Alī’s hand: 'One who has
me as his master has ‘Alī as his
master. O Allāh! Befriend the one
who befriends him (‘Alī) and be the
enemy of one who is his enemy.' The
narrator says t