Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6228

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارِ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَّانُ ، يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ ، قَالَ : دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ : لَقَدْ رَأَيْتَ خَيْرًا ، لَقَدْ صَاحَبْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَهُ ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي حَيَّانَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : أَلاَ وَإِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ ثَقَلَيْنِ : أَحَدُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، هُوَ حَبْلُ اللهِ ، مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى ، وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ كَانَ عَلَى ضَلاَلَةٍ وَفِيهِ فَقُلْنَا : مَنْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ ؟ نِسَاؤُهُ ؟ قَالَ : لاَ ، وَايْمُ اللهِ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تَكُونُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ الْعَصْرَ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ ، ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا فَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَبِيهَا وَقَوْمِهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ أَصْلُهُ ، وَعَصَبَتُهُ الَّذِينَ حُرِمُوا الصَّدَقَةَ بَعْدَهُ.

It was narrated that Yazid bin Hayyan said: "We entered upon Zaid bin Arqam and said to him: 'You have seen good things; you accompanied the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and prayed behind him..."' and he quoted a Hadith like that of Abu Hayyan (no. 6225), except that he said: (The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:) "Behold, I am leaving among you the two weighty things, one of which is the Book of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, which is the rope of Allah. Whoever follows it will be following true guidance, and whoever forsakes it will be misguided." And in it, it says: "And we said: 'Who are the people of his household? His wives?' He said: 'No, by Allah. A woman may be with a man only for a part of his lifetime, then he divorces her and she goes back to her father and her people. The people of his household are his origin and his male relatives to whom Zakat was forbidden after he was gone."'