Analysis of the Most Witnessed Hadith ❌
A Single Widely Heard Saying, Three Separate Narratives The Farewell Sermon, known as the last address of the final Prophet (pbuh) in the presence of over a hundred thousand people during the Farewell Pilgrimage, is considered one of the most important historical and theological texts. A testament claimed to have been made during this speech, despite being one of the most heavily attested hadiths in Islamic history, has been transmitted in three different forms. This hadith generally begins with the sentence: “I am leaving you an amanah (trust); as long as you hold firmly to it/them, you will never go astray.” However, sources mention three different narrations regarding what these "trusts" are: “My Book and my Sunnah ” (al-Muwatta, Darimi, etc.) “The Book and my Ahl al-Bayt (Family of the Prophet)” (Tirmidhi, Muslim, Shi'a narrations) Only “ The Book of Allah ” (Ibn Hisham, some Tabi'un narrations, some Quran-centric approaches) These three different forms of narra...