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GHADEER-E-KHUM incident
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Scope
Background of Ghadeer-e-Khum
The urgent revelation
Location of Ghadeer-e-Khum
Hayya Ala Khair-il-Amal
When & in front of how many Muslims?
What happened at Ghadeer-e-Khum
Homage to Ali
Contexts
Quranic Exegesis (Tafsir):
Prophetic Traditions (Hadith):
Historical Reports (Tarikh):
Narrators
Further studies / References
Questions
Location of Ghadeer-e-Khum
Location of Ghadeer-e-Khum
It was the 18th day of Zil Haj the 10th year after Hijra.
In front of between 90,000 to 120,000 Muslims.
Those who had gone ahead and those who were still
behind. Also those who had begun to depart in different
directions.
All were recalled to this junction and instructed to
assemble in order to hear an important message.
It was midday and the weather was exceedingly hot.
The entire audience answered: "We shall bear witness that you did convey to
us the message of Allah, and tried your best to guide us on the right path and
always gave us good console. May Allah bless you with a good reward."
The Holy Prophet proceeded: "Why do you not bear witness that there is no
god but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, and that
Paradise is true, Hell is true, Death is true, Resurrection after death is true,
that the Day of Judgment will doubtlessly come and that Allah will raise to life
the dead from their graves?.
They said: "O Yes! We bear witness to all this."
Then Holy Prophet said: O Allah! You also may witness. O my people! Allah
is my Mawla and I am mawla of the faithful and I have superior right on and
control over their lives. And this Ali is the mawla of all those of whom I am
mawla. O Allah! Love him who loves him and hate him who hates him."
He (SAW) further said: "O my people! I will precede you and you
also shall arrive at the pool of Kawthar. When you shall reach me I
shall interrogate you about your behavior towards the two invaluable assets (thaqalayn) after my death. The major asset is the
Book of Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, one end of which is in the
hand of Allah, the Exalted, and the other end of which in your
hands. Grasp it tightly and do not go astray and do not change or
amend it. The other asset is my Progeny, who are my Ahl al-Bayt.
Allah the Gracious and Omniscient has informed me that the two
will not part from each other before they reach me at the pool.
When the ceremony was over, the Arch angel Gibrael came and
brought Ayat No. 5:3.
Homage to Ali
Homage to Ali
I thank Allah for having perfected His religion and for having
completed His favor and for having been pleased with the
mastership and succession of Ali after me.
Then He (SAW) stepped down from the platform and said to Ali:
Sit in a tent so that the chiefs and distinguished personalities of
Islam may swear oath of allegiance with you and congratulate
you.
Imam Ahmad has recorded the tradition related by Bara' ibn 'Azib in his
Musnad, vol.4, p. 281, transmitted through two different sources. Bara'
says: "We were with the Messenger of Allah. We alighted at Ghadeer-eKhum. Congregational prayer was in order. An area under two trees
was swept and cleaned for the Messenger of Allah,(Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him and his posterity). He offered midday prayers
and he grasped the hand of 'Ali and said: 'Do you not know that I have
superior authority over the lives of the faithful than the faithful
themselves?' 'Yes you have,' they replied. He again inquired: 'Do you
not know that I have superior right to the life of every believer than the
believer himself?' 'Surely, you have,' they answered. Then he grasped
the hand of Ali and said: 'Ali is the mawla of all those of whom I am
mawla. O Allah! Love him who loves him and hate him who hates him.'"
Bara' ibn 'Azib says: "Then 'Umar came to 'Ali and said:
'Congratulations to you the son of Abu Talib. You have become the
mawla (master) of all the faithful men and women.'"
Here we just like to mention one instance which took place in Kufa during the
khilafah of Imam Ali, 25 years after the Prophet's death.
At Ali's insistence a large number of people gathered in the plain of Rahbah
in Kufah, he addressed them saying: "I administer an oath in the name of
Allah to all such Muslims as heard the Holy Prophet(SAW) making a
proclamation on the day of Ghadeer-e-Khum, to stand up and testify what
they heard him say. Only those who saw the Holy Prophet(SAW) that day
with their own eyes and heard the proclamation with their own ears should
stand up." Thereupon, thirty companions of the Holy Prophet(SAW), including
twelve of those who had participated in the battle of Badr, stood up and
witnessed that the Holy Prophet(SAW) grasped his (Ali's) hand and said to
the audience: "Do you know that I have a prior right to and superior authority
over the souls (i.e., lives) of the faithful than the faithful themselves?" "O yes!"
they said. The Holy Prophet(SAW) then said: "He(Ali) is the mawla(i.e., has
prior right to and superior authority over the lives) of all those of whom I am
mawla. O Allah, love him who loves him (Ali) and hate him who hates him."
When Imam Ali said to Anas: "Why do you not stand up and testify
what you heard from the messenger of Allah on the day of
Ghadeer?" he answered, "O Amir al-Momineen! I have grown old
and do not remember." Thereupon Ali said: "May Allah mark you
with a white spot (of leprosy) unconcealable with your turban, if
you are intentionally withholding the truth." And before Anas got up
from his place he bore a large white spot on his face. Thereafter,
Anas used to say: "I am under the curse of a righteous slave of
Allah.
Also bear in mind that this incident took place 25 years after the
event of Ghadeer-e-Khum, and during this period hundreds of
eyewitnesses had died naturally or in the battles fought during the
first two khulafah's rule. Add to this the fact that this incident took
place in Kufa which was far from the center of the sahabas,
Medina.
This incident which took place in Kufa in the year 35 A.H. has itself
been narrated by four sahaba and 14 tabi'un and has been
recorded in most books of history and tradition.
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The Questions
The Questions
The End
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