Hadith of the two weighty things family of Ali , the family of Aqil b.Abd al-Muttalib, the family of Jafar B.Abi Talib, and the family of Abbas [b.Abd al-Muttalib].Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri, relates a tradition pertaining to the prophet who when asked,Who are the family of Muhammad” answered”they are every pious [Muslim]. Some writers, like Abd al-Qadir al-Jili and Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi, maintain the term Ahl al-Bayt referred to wives of the prophet. Aljili believed the wives of the prophet and other relatives such as the prophets uncles and their descendants. . Shi'a Viewpoint: Sunni Viewpoint: Hadith of the two weighty things The Hadith
Hadith terminology terminology, it refers to a "hadith" not fulfilling all of the conditions necessary to be deemed "mutawatir". "Hadith ahad" consists of three sub-classifications also relating to the number of narrators in the chain or chains of narration: An "ʻaziz" () "hadith" is any "hadith" conveyed by two narrators at every point in its "isnād" (chain of narrators). A "gharib" () "hadith" is one conveyed by only one narrator. Al-Tirmidhi's understanding of a "gharib hadith", concurs to a certain extent with that of the other traditionists. According to him a "hadith" may be classified as "gharib" for one of the following