Hadith of the Quran and Sunnah accept the authenticity of the related Hadith of the two weighty things ("Hadith al-Thaqalayn"). In this hadith, Muhammad referred to the Qur'an and "Ahl al-Bayt" ('people of the house', Muhammed's family) as the two weighty things. Although the hadith is accepted by both Sunnis and Shi'as, the two groups differ on the exact wording of what Muhammad said, as well as how to interpret these words. The Shi'as use the Hadith of the two weighty things to prove their claim that Muhammad meant for all his successors to be from his own family ("Ahl al-Bayt"). The Sunnis reject this view
Hadith of Golden Chain al-Bayt, hence called "Hadith of Golden Chain". Several Important hadith collections quoted it as "Al-Tawhid", "Ma'ani al-Akhbar", and Oyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha of al-Shaykh al-Saduq and Al-Amali of Shaykh Tusi. The hadith is also narrated in sunni hadith books. Regarding the implications of the hadith, there are two extreme opinions by Sunni scholars; While some of them discrediting the hadith by implying that the Sunni books lack it, some others claim that all Sunni scholars accepted it. According to shia, two important points may be derived from the Hadith. On one hand, monotheism takes the believers to "Allah's fortress", which is