Hadith of the Ark ""perished whoever turned away from it"" also comes along." And in his another book, Al-Heithami indicates this hadith as authentic (sahih). According to Dahlan, the authenticity of this hadith is confirmed by different sources. The hadith implies the absolute priority of "Ahl al-Bayt" to all others, otherwise Muhammad would have forbidden to follow them. According to Shia scholars, the only path to salvation is by following the "Ahl al-Bayt", so they must be infallible ("Ma'sum"), otherwise they will mislead their followers. If they are infallible, they must be Imam definitely. According to this hadith, they are the criterion of distinguishing
Hadith of the Ark covered with dark clouds that the only, unique way of salvation is boarding this Ark (safinah). Al-Samhudi states: The salvation is the aspect of resemblance of "Ahl al-Bayt" to Noah's ark by the Prophet. As a result, hadith implies that to be grateful to "Ahl al-Bayt" by their gratitude, appreciation and sanctity. Everyone behave in this way, he is survived from the darkness of enmity and he is grateful; otherwise he is drowned in the sea of disbelief and the punishment of hell is urgent for him. Hadith of the Ark The Hadith of the Ark () is a tradition