[Machine] We entered upon him and said, "Indeed, we have seen good in you. You accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you prayed behind him." He said, "Indeed, I have seen good and I feared that I would be delayed for some evil that has happened to you. So accept [this explanation from] me. And whatever I have kept silent about, then leave it." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in a valley between Mecca and Medina and delivered a sermon to us. He said, "I am a human being soon to be called [by Allah]; I will respond. I am leaving among you two weighty things, one of which is the Book of Allah. It contains the Rope of Allah, whoever holds firmly to it will be guided, and whoever leaves it will be misguided. And [the other weighty thing is] my household. I remind you of Allah concerning my household; I remind you of Allah concerning my household." We said, "Who are the members of your household, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "The women of the household are not included. Rather, the relatives of a man by marriage from the people of all times who then divorces them and they return to their own fathers and mothers, they are the people of my household. And the offsprings of those who were forbidden from receiving charity after me are the family of Ali, Abbas, Jafar, and Aqeel."

دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا لَقَدْ رَأَيْتَ خَيْرًا أَصَحِبْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَهُ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ خَيْرًا وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ إِنَّمَا أُخِّرْتُ لِشِرٍّ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَدَعُوهُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَادٍ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ فَخَطَبَنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَنَا بِشْرٌ يُوشِكُ أَنْ أُدْعَى فَأُجِيبَ وَإِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ اثْنَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللهِ فِيهِ حَبَلُ اللهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ كَانَ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي؟ أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقُلْنَا مَنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ نِسَاؤُهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ قَدْ يَكُونُ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ الْعَصْرَ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا فَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَبِيهَا وَأُمِّهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ أَهْلُهُ وَعَصَبَتُهُ الَّذِينَ حُرِمُوا الصَّدَقَةَ بَعْدَهُ آلُ عَلِيٍّ وَآلُ الْعَبَّاسِ وَآلُ جَعْفَرٍ وَآلُ عَقِيلٍ»