uhh come on. The hadith, itself, has a very strict meaning, unless you want to treat it with heavy bias and apologizing
ختم الله على قلوبهم وعلى سمعهم وعلى أبصارهم غشاوة
What has been the Sunni understanding of the hadith:
>
> "I have left you 2 weighty things; the Book of Allah and my descendents
> ("itrah"). Both of these will not be separated from each other until the
> Day of Judgement."?
The Sunni scholar Muhammad `Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarkufuri says in his
Book Tuhfah al-Ahwadhi bi Sharh al-Tirmidhi for this
hadith (a narration of which is found in Tirmidhi, hadith #3718):
The meaning of sticking to them (i.e. the Prophet's family) is that one should
love them, respect them, act according to their [authentic] narrations, and depend
upon the statements of [the authorized scholars among] them. *All of this does not
negate taking `ilm from other than them* as the Prophet (May Allah bless him and
give him peace) has also said, "My Companions are like guiding stars, whichever
one you follow, you will become rightly guided."
[end quote]
> Does this not justify the Shia position of taking the deen from the Ahlul Bayt?
No, as their position is one of unjust discrimination and our Prophet (May Allah
bless him and give him peace) did not endorse such unjust discrimination. Additionally,
we, personally, would be very sad if Imam Malik or his student Ibn Qasim (none of
whom was part of the Prophet's family) were not allowed to teach and transmit the din
as if it were not for these two people and also Sahnun, this great coherent madh-hab
al-maliki would never have reached us.
Everybody should be given an equal chance and those who are truly gifted will
outshine others by the will and decree of Allah. .
Also, their view is not backed up the actions of Ja`far as-Sadiq on his death bed
as narrated by Ibn Rushd al-Kabir (See entry #9 of the Notes of Sources) - who
specifically appointed a non-descendent (i.e. Malik ibn Anas) as a successor to him.
When we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he talked about periods of trial (fitnahs), mentioning many of them.
When he mentioned the one when people should stay in their houses, some asked him: Messenger of Allah, what is the trial (fitnah) of staying at home?
He replied: It will be flight and plunder. T
hen will come a test which is pleasant. Its murkiness is due to the fact that it is produced by a man from the people of my house, who will assert that he belongs to me, whereas he does not, for my friends are only the God-fearing. Then the people will unite under a man who will be like a hip-bone on a rib. Then there will be the little black trial which will leave none of this community without giving him a slap, and when people say that it is finished, it will be extended. During it a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, so that the people will be in two camps: the camp of faith which will contain no hypocrisy, and the camp of hypocrisy which will contain no faith. When that happens, expect the Antichrist (Dajjal) that day or the next.
Book of Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) - Sunan Abi Dawud - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) (search hadith 3704)
[{Abu Dawud, al-fitan wa l-malahim, dhikr al-fitan wa dala'iliha hadith #3704}]
What we can learn from this hadith coupled with the first one is that following/imitating
the Prophet's family is conditional on their uprightness.
As for loving and respecting the Prophet's family, the scholars say that one is obliged
to love them even if they are not people of taqwa (as long as they are believers)
[due to the verse:
Say: I do not ask from you any fee (ajran) except for love of
the[/my] close relatives. [{al-Qur'an 42:23}]
Thus, loving the Prophet's household is a wajib duty on us according to the
the vast majority of the mufassirin of this ayah.
Hadith Thaqalayn
On one hand you say, you are a busy man and on other hand, you are refusing to read up sunni explanation and acting all high and mighty
Your challenge is meaningless and certainly not authoritative in addition being inconsequential. It is a fallacy to demand proof of a historical event from a single book (which is not a book of history by the way, its a book of morals and ethics), specially when you put your premise on such a shaky ground that since the author of that book did not include a matter of his personal life in his book and highlight it then the event did not occur.
As I said, the event has been written in detail in the most authoritative books of Sunnah for instance Sahih-al-Bukhari. Either these Sunnah authors were trying to propagate a lie or the said event did occur. There are only two possibilities here. It is not really complicated to see and decide using reason. If you deny the occurrence, you believe that these noble writers of Sunnah were liars. If you accept then you are basically saying the same thing as Shia say. This is your predicament. Think about it.
Instead of verbiage, open another thread, quote all the specific hadiths from Saha Sittah about that particular incident and we will debate further on that and do me a favour, read all those ahadith once again before posting, Unless they specifically says, Bibi fatimah was MURDERED by those companions, you have every right to post them, if not, don't bother to engage me on useless semantic debates
P.S. Where Did I deny about the authenticity of those ahadith ?