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LOOK AFTER THE DESCENDANTS OF THE PROPHET

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“The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, stood to deliver a sermon. He praised Allah and exalted Him. Then he warned us and exhorted us saying, 'O people, I am only a man and soon the Messenger of my Lord (Gabriel) will come and I shall go with him. I am leaving with you two weighty matters. The first is the Book of Allah, in it there is guidance and light. Hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it.' He emphasized this and urged us to do the same. Then he said, 'Secondly, the members of my family - I call upon you in the Name of Allah to look after the members of my family, I call upon you in the Name of Allah to look after the members of my family.'”

There are numerous Prophetic quotations, amongst which is that of Muslim with a chain up to Zaid, the son of Arqam previously reported in the chapter of "Honoring the Family of the House of the Messenger of Allah," praise and peace be upon him, in which he said this.