Survey Of The Population In Ghadir

Introduction
From the Shiite point of view, Ghadeer is the most important historical event of the era of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, during which the Imamate of Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him, was emphasized for Muslims. Therefore, the Shia have paid close attention to this trend and when discussing the succession of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he introduced it as the most basic reason for his legitimacy and the Imamate of Imam Ali, peace be upon him. It has benefited. Shia and Sunni theologians, hadith scholars and historians have examined this issue from different angles; The time and place of Ghadir, the reason for choosing the place of Ghadir, the phrases and words that appeared in the speech of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and the currents that happened in it have all been explored in some way. However, one of the topics that has received less attention and is discussed without historical analysis is “the number of people present in Ghadir”. 1 Sometimes the number of people present in Ghadir is mentioned as a high number (more than or close to a hundred thousand people), but it seems that these reports are exaggerated and vague and have caused problems. This research tries to pay attention to the words of historians, and in an analytical way, the number of the population of the events before the Ghadir flow is taken into account, and taking into account some clues, such as the relative growth of the population during the course of the events during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. And yes, the number of people present in Ghadir should be calculated. Of course, the time and especially the place of Ghadir should be examined first, which is closely related to the discussion of its population. Of course, it is obvious that if the reduction of the population present in Ghadir from the famous number is proven by a scientific study, this will never affect the validity and importance of the Ghadir event, and its validity and credibility will remain strong. Because there is no doubt about the incident of Ghadir. 1. There is almost no difference between the sources regarding the history of Ghadir. All sources agree that this great event took place on the 18th of Dhi-Hijjah in the 10th year of the Hijra. Here, on the occasion of this, it is necessary to mention that some Shiite sources wrote that Ghadir was on Thursday or Friday has happened. 3. It seems that this is a kind of adding virtue for this important day, because according to the calculations, such a thing is not possible. Many Sunnat4 and Shia sources5 have reported the standing of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in Arafa of the tenth year, on Friday, and based on this, the day of Ghadir, which is nine days after Arafa and the eighteenth of Zi It’s a joke, it will be Sunday. Among the historians, Ibn Kathir has pointed out this point. Another point is, at what time of the day did this huge gathering take place? Tabrasi writes about this: Jibreel came upon the Prophet when five hours of the day had passed. It was revealed. 7 Fatal Nishaburi also gives a report and writes: Five hours had passed since Gabriel brought the message of the message to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. According to this report, Abi al-Tufail says: We were with the Prophet during the Hajj al-Wada’, when at noon he ordered us to prepare a place for prayer and to strike the thorns. After that, we prayed and the Prophet After the prayer, the Prophet (PBUH) took the hand of Ali Ibn Abi Talib and said: “I was not a teacher, so Ali is a teacher.” 9 Sayyid Ibn Tawoos narrated a narration from the words of one of the people present in Ghadir like this. Kand: We reached Ghadir at a time when if you put a piece of meat on the ground, it would be cooked due to the intense heat. That day (Ghadir) was a very hot day, and the child grew old due to the heat. 11 Qazi Noman also narrated a narration in this way, quoting Zayd bin Arqam, that we had never seen a day hotter than the day of Ghadir. has taken place and this time can be summed up with five hours of the day gone. Calculations show that Ghadir happened at the end of March 13, and considering the weather conditions of the peninsula, this extreme heat is completely natural. The importance of determining the time of congregation is to clarify whether the Prophet And Allah specifically ordered the congregation to announce the Imamate of Ali (peace be upon him), or that the gathering was for prayer, and after the prayer, he seized the opportunity and made the best use of it. Although it can be said that these two can be combined, because the gathering time was at the same time as noon, so the prayer was performed first and then the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, gave a speech. 2. The location of Ghadir, it may be thought that discussing the location of Ghadir is a form of education. But we are going to address it in order to use it in the next discussion, that is, the number of people present in Ghadir. It should be determined which regions Ghadir is on the way, and the inhabitants of which regions and which cities were present in Ghadir. There are references to why this place is called “Ghadir” and why it is called “Khem”. Yaqut Hamavi, the author of Majam al-Baladan, writes: Ghadir is derived from Ghadir, which means deception, because Ghadir is a place that a person passes by and sees water there, but the next year when He finds the river dry and waterless and dies of thirst, and by this means he deceives man. 14 Hamavi mentioned “Kham” as the name of a well from Banimarah. 15 He also has a quote from Zamakhshari that “Kham” was the name of a man. 16 Also, according to another quote, “Kham” is the name of a well that Abd Shams dug. 17 But how far is Ghadir from Makkah and on which side of this city is it, in most historical sources the distance from Ghadir to Jafah is reported; In other words, since Johfa was a well-known place, an effort has been made to identify Ghadir with Johfa. When introducing the geographical area of ​​Ghadir Kham, Yaqut Hamavi writes: And Ghadir Kham: between Makkah and Al-Madinah, Binah and between Jafah Milan; 18 Ghadir is between Makkah and Madinah and it is two miles 19 from Jafah. Tabrasi has a narration according to which Ghadir It is located three miles before Jafah. 20 Ibn Jozi has reported the distance from Ghadir to Jufa as one mile. 21 This is while Sayyid Ibn Tavus writes: People stopped in Jufa. 22 Now we need to see where is Jufa? The researcher of Al-Gharat book writes in the introduction of Jahfa: Jahfa was a big village located on the way from Madinah to Makkah and it is four houses away from Makkah. Jafah is the meeting place of the people of Egypt and Syria if they do not go to Medina. The distance between Jahfa and Medina is six houses, and the distance between Jahfa and Ghadir is two miles. 23 Based on recent observations and visits to Ghadir, it is clear that the distance from Mecca to Jahfa with the current road is about 180 kilometers. 24 In today’s maps of Saudi Arabia It is obvious that the city of Rabigh is located next to the Red Sea. This city is a short distance from Ghadir. According to a report, a part of which was passed, there is a mosque in this city, which is known as Ghadir Mosque. For more information about the place of Ghadirakhm, refer to the pictures at the end of this article. The final point in this section is why the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, chose Ghadir. There are two possibilities in the answer to this question: the first possibility is that the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, was commissioned by God to deliver his mission here; In other words, this place is chosen by God. The second possibility, which has gained fame by mistake and in fact, is a justification for the Prophet’s action in choosing this place, is that Ghadir is the place where the roads divide and the so-called “crossroads” and the travelers of any region from this They separated their ways and went to their own city. 25 Therefore, the last point of the journey of all the people with the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, was this place, and for this reason, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, And Aleh announced his mission before the people dispersed. Of course, we must know that on that day the territory of Islamic influence was the Arabian Peninsula and it had not gone beyond that, and the Mote and Tabuk operations were only a political and military ultimatum. would come The regions of Iraq, Shamat and Egypt were not Muslim yet. After all, by carefully looking at the geographical situation of Ghadir, it is found that Ghadir or Jahfa was not a crossroads at all and did not have such a situation. As can be seen in the map, the path of the Iraqi people is from the northeast of Mecca, the path of the people of Taif is from the southeast of Mecca, and the path of the Yemeni people is from the south of Mecca. The northwest route of Medina that leads to Ghadir is the only route for the people of Medina and its surroundings. However, after the spread of Islam in North Africa, they also came to Mecca from this route and became Muharram in Jafah. In the jurisprudence books about Hajj, it has been discussed in detail from where the people of each region enter the Haram (Mecca) and become Muharram, and naturally, they leave from the same way. Zaat Irq for the Iraqis, Yalmlam for the Yemenis, Qarn al-Manazel for the tribes, and Jafah for the tribes south of Madinah and those who are close to Madinah; In calculating the population of Ghadir – as we will discuss – these geographical calculations should also be taken into account so that it is not assumed that the people of Yemen (who are in the south) were present in Ghadir.
Regarding the people of Iraq, it should be said in this map that the route of Iraq passes through Zaat-Irq, Al-Murrah and Al-Maslah and goes to the northeast of Mecca, while Ghadir is located in the northwest of Mecca. Yes, in one case, it can be accepted that Iraqi people were present in Ghadir, and that is that the Iraqi pilgrims came to Ghadir with the Prophet, peace be upon him, and separated from there. which is shown as a dotted line on the map. But this possibility is also not accepted, because there is no document from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that the people of Iraq or Yemen accompanied him to Ghadir. We will talk more about this. In addition to what has been said, it is necessary to remember that the largest number of people present in the Hajj ceremony were from Madinah, Taif, Yemen and the people of Makkah, and only the travelers from Madinah passed through Jafah. 3. The number of people present in Ghadir The most important issue that the writer’s mind is focused on and this article tries to address is that the people who were present in the presence of the Prophet in the event of Ghadir in the tenth year of Hijrah and the half of the Prophet, peace be upon him. What was the number of people who heard about the guardianship of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) from his blessed tongue? 3.1. A summary of the various traditions that reported the number of people present in Ghadir: 1.3.1.thousand And three hundred people, the smallest population reported in this case is 1300 people. Ibn Shahr Ashub narrated a narration from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) according to which the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said on the day of Ghadir in the presence of 1,300 people, “I was not a mulatto for this mulatto”.27 Unfortunately, he They have not brought the narration. Majlisi has also given the same narration. 28 In Kufi’s commentary on the Euphrates, there is also a narration from Ammar who says: We were in the Majlis of Ibn Abbas and he was giving a speech when Abu Dharr got up and said: O people, do you know that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said that he is not more truthful than Abu Dharr? Everyone said: Yes. Abu Dharr said: So you should know that the Prophet on the day of Ghadir, when we were 1300 men… he said: Whoever is my master, then Ali is his master. At this time, a man stood up and said: Blessings be upon you, O son of Abi Talib. 29 Regarding the above two narrations, it should be said that Ibn Shahr Ashub’s narration from Imam Baqir, peace be upon him, has no evidence to be able to judge about it, but the statement that the Euphrates of Kufi He stated that according to the internal evidence of the narration, which is the narration of the meeting of Ibn Abbas and the speech of Abu Dharr, it is significant, although the calculations show that the population of Ghadir was more than 1,300 people. , have reported the number of ten thousand people. Ayashi quotes Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) under verse 67 of Surah Ma’idah: I am surprised that a person gets his right by bringing two witnesses, but Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him) lost his right with ten thousand witnesses. Imam (peace be upon him) continues: The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, left Madinah while five thousand people from Medina were with him and five thousand people from Makkah. 31 In this narration, it is stated that five thousand people from the “people of Makkah” accompanied the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, to Ghadir. It is very difficult to accept that this number of people from Mecca accompanied the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, because: First, there is no order from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, indicating the necessity of accompanying him. The people of Makkah do not exist; secondly: the distance between Makkah and Jafah is a long distance, and assuming that the people had the intention of chasing away the Messenger of God, it is very unlikely to accompany him for about 180 kilometers. Yes, as long as these five thousand people are not from Makkah, and to say with tolerance, they were people from other regions who accompanied the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, from Makkah, it is acceptable. But the question is where did these people come from? Ibn Shahr Ashoob also mentioned the number of Ghadir witnesses as ten thousand in a narration of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him). 32 In addition to these two, Sheikh Har Aamili also mentioned ten thousand people in a narration. 33 It seems that these two are from They did not narrate Ayashi, because they do not refer to Ayashi, nor to Omar bin Yazid, who is Ayashi in the chain of Sanad, and they did not include the continuation of the narration that refers to the division of the population, and even Sheikh Har Aamili He himself adds: Perhaps these ten thousand people were all from Madinah. 34 Anyway, these two narrations can be a kind of confirmation for Ayashi’s narration. 3.1.3. Twelve thousand Nafar Ayyashi mentions another narration under verse 55 of Surah Ma’idah, quoted by Safwan Jamal from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), and in it, the number of people present in Ghadir is twelve thousand people. It is interesting that the aforementioned point is also mentioned in this narration that the Imam said: The crowd present in Ghadir was twelve thousand people, but Amir al-Mu’minin, peace be upon him, could not claim his right, while a person with two witnesses can claim his right. 1-4-1-353. Seventeen thousand people. According to a narration, the author of the book Jame Al-Akhbar considered the population present in Ghadir to be seventeen thousand people. He writes: 12 thousand people from Yemen and 5 thousand people from Madinah were with the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. Peace be upon him, there was no order to accompany him to Ghadir. This criticism is primarily related to this narration, because the Yemenis had to go to the south and there was no order from the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, to oblige the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him. They will accompany Allah to Ghadir. Therefore, their coming is not acceptable even up to a distance of 180 kilometers. 15-3-16. Sixty thousand people Ibn Jabr writes in the book of Nahj al-Ayman: “And on that day, Lali bin Abi Talib is the first column of witnesses.” 37 This statement is not very acceptable. Because firstly: it is not attributed to any source or person, secondly: other sayings are more famous, thirdly: – as we will say – it does not have the logic of quoting statistics. Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, left Madinah and its surroundings, he mentioned seventy thousand people. In a long narration along with the thirteen-page sermon of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Ghadir, after mentioning the Chain of Sind, he narrates a narration from Imam Baqir, peace be upon him, according to which seventy thousand people and even more The people of Madinah and its surroundings performed the Hajj with the Prophet, like the companions of Moses, who were also seventy thousand and broke the covenant. Likewise, the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, pledged allegiance to Ali, peace be upon him, even though the people broke the covenant. They are weakly seen in its document, 39. Second: The number seventy thousand people is used in many cases to show plurality, and therefore it seems that this case is also one of the same cases. Naferbaz Ibn Jabr writes in the same book: “And there are eight and eight thousand witnesses, and it is clear that those are the places that are far apart and the places that are separated.” 40 As it is mentioned in the text, it is only at the level of a “qeel” which is weaker compared to other sayings and therefore cannot be trusted. In the continuation of the narrations, the author writes: “It is clear that all these people were from different places and from distant cities”; And it will be clear from the following topics of this article how acceptable this justification is. 8-31-90 thousand people Abd al-Malik Asmi Shafi’i, one of the Sunni writers, writes: The Prophet left Medina for the farewell Hajj, while ninety thousand people Or 114 thousand people were with him. 9-1-413. One hundred and fourteen thousand people. Another saying of Asmi Shafi’i – as it was said – is 114 thousand people42, which we bring in a separate row due to the arrangement of the sayings. The author gave these two promises in an undocumented manner, which is not very acceptable. This is while we have stronger and more documented statements. 10-3-1-100 One hundred and twenty thousand people Finally, there is a report by Ibn Jozi who estimated the population present in Ghadir to be 120 thousand people. A distortion may have occurred, because this number of population is not reported in any of the previous narrations. Another thing is that Ibn Jozi says this from his words and does not attribute it to a book or a person. The result of what was said is that the number of people present in Ghadir is reported from 1,300 to 120,000 people. But the most important point is that the largest number of people present in Ghadir, according to the traditions found in the sources of the first five centuries, is seventeen thousand people. The higher numbers correspond to after the fifth century. Considering the weaknesses that exist in the sources after the fifth century, which are only self-quoting or the quoting of a person, we must confirm one of the first four statements, of course, based on the other evidences that will be mentioned. Also, the statistical work that will be done on the population of Medina. For this purpose, we must first discuss some preliminary discussions about “statistical quotations of the population in history” and then choose one among the various quotations.
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Footnotes:

1. Professor Mohammad Hadi Yousefi Gharavi has briefly quoted the narrations related to the number of people present in Ghadir in his book Musouah al-Tarikh al-Islami, vol. 3, pp. 626-627. 2. Sheikh Sadouq, al-Khasal, vol. 2, pp. 395; Jacob’s history, vol. 1, p. 508; Ibn Shahr Ashub, Manaqib al Abi Talib, vol. 3, p. 27 and Ibn Kathir, al-Badaiya wa al-Nahiya, vol. 5, p. 209.3. Sheikh Saduq in Khasal while stating the days of the week and stating that each day is dedicated to work, Friday He mentions it as the day of Eid and writes: Eid al-Ghadir is the 18th day of Dhi-Hijjah, and that was Friday. . Also: Ibn Jabr (Nahj al-Ayman, p. 114). He brought a narration from Saeed Khodri according to which Ghadir was on Thursday. Also, Muhammad bin Sulaiman Kufi (Manaqib Amirul Mominin, vol. 1, p. 118) narrates a tradition from Abi Saeed Khodri, according to which the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, gathered the people in Ghadir and that It was Thursday. 4. Abu Bakr bin Hossein Beyhaqi, Reasons of Prophethood, Vol. 5, p. 446; Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 2, p. 708 and Ibn Kathir, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Azeem, vol. 3, p. 25. They have discussed in detail whether Arafah of the tenth year was a Friday or not under the verse of Akmal. 5. From Among the Shiite sources, we can refer to: Arbali Ali bin Eisa, Kashf al-Ghamma, vol. 1, p. 20 and Allameh Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 22, p. 534. 6. Ibn Kathir, al-Badaiya wa al-Nahiya, vol. 5, p. 209: “The 8th tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah Ameez and Kan Yom Al-Ahad Baghdir Khum under the family of Hanak, Fabin Fiha Ashiya. And my mention of Fazl Ali and his trust and…” 7. Tabarsi, Al-Ihtjaj, p. 58: “Atah Jibraeel (peace be upon him) on five hours of Madat Man Nahar.” 8. Fatal Nishabori, Rawzah al-Waaziin, vol. 1, p. 91.9. Ibn Athir, Asdal Ghabah, vol. 5, p. 252: “Nashhad, I accept our death with the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and my peace be upon him for the farewell Hajj, until the afternoon when the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, went out. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. So we went out, then he stood up and praised Allah Almighty and praised him, then he said: O people, do you know that Allah is the Lord of the Almighty and I am the Lord of the believers, and that if I do the first thing, I will die? This is what Merara says. Qulna: Yes, and he will say: I am not the master of the real master, God Almighty is my Lord, and my Adah is three times”. 10. Ali Ibn Tavus, Iqbal al-Amaal, p. 456: “And the height of the ghadir is bent at the time of the slaughter of the meat, and it is washed on the ground.” 11. Hussain bin Hamdan, Khasibi, Al-Hudayeh al-Kubari, p. 103: “And the height of your knowledge is that you are so strong that you are a child…”. 12. Qazi Noman Maghrabi, Sharh al-Akhbar, vol. 1, p. 99: “And this is the day we came to Alina, the worst day of my life.” 13. Now computer programs do this easily. As an example, we can refer to Noor al-Sirah software. 14. Yaqut Hamavi, Majam al-Buldan, vol. 4, p. 188: Al-Ghadir is the verb of Al-Ghadr, and he knows that the human being passes through and through water, so the second thing is greed for the water, so if it comes, it will cause us to die of thirst.” 15. Ibid., vol. 2, p. 390.16. Ibid. 17. Ibid. 18. Ibid., vol. 4, p. 188.19. Each mile is about 1600 meters. 20. Tabarsi, ibid., p. 58: “Farhal Falma Balgh Ghadir Kham before Al-Jahfa with three desires”. 21. Ibn Juzi, al-Muntazem, vol. 1, p. 146.22. Ibn Tavus, ibid., vol. 1, p. 455: “The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, went out until the descent of Al-Jahfa, so the people descended and took their homes. Peace”. 23 Ibrahim bin Muhammad Thaqfi Kofi, Al-Gharat, vol. 2, p. 507, footnote: “Al-Jahfah, including then Al-Sukun and Al-Fah, the Kant of the great village of Zaat Minbar on the path of al-Madinah, I am Makkah on the four stages and the miqat of the people of Egypt and Al-Sham, and I will not go to Al-Madinah, then Marwa will be in Madinah, and the names of Zul-Halifa and Kan are the names, but the Samit of Al-Jahfah is lan al-Sil. The journeys and the transportation of the people in some of the years and it is now ruined, and between them and Sahil al-Jar, there are three steps, and between them and between Aqran, the place of Man Bahr, there are seven steps, and between them and Al Madinah, there are steps, and between them and between Ghadir, the bend of Milan.” 24. The full text of the report on the visit to Ghadir region is in the Hadith Quarterly, Year 3, Number 7, Spring 77, p. 232, written by Mohammad Hossein Falahzadeh. 25. Mofid, Al-Arshad, vol. 1, p. 175. 26. The people of Medina from the mosque. Shajra will become Muharram because this mosque is located near Madinah, but those who are in the southern region of Madinah will become Muharram in Jufah on the way from Madinah to Mecca. 26. The text of the narration is as follows: “And in the narration of Al-Baqir, peace be upon him, he said: When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, on the day of Ghadir, he bent between the first and third months of the month, my leg was not a slave, this is a slave…” 28. Majlisi, ibid., vol. 37, p. 158. 29. Eurat Kufi, Tafsir, p. 51: “On the authority of Ammar bin Yasir Qal: It was written by Abi Dhar al-Ghafari, may Allah be pleased with him, in the Majlis of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him. Abu Dhar until Zarb Bideh reached the upright position of Fustat, then he said: O people, I know you, you have lost your knowledge, and I do not know you, you have lost your prophecy. I am Jandab bin Junadah Abu Dharr al-Ghafari, your birthday is by the right of God and the right of the Messenger. He says: We are the least of al-Ghubra and la azlat al-Khadra, the dialect of Asadeq, Man Abi Dhar? Qalu: Oh my God, yes. He said: So you know, O people, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, on the day of Ghadir, on the 11th and 30th month of Ghadir, a man says: Oh God, I am not the real master. Faqam Rejl said: Bukh bukh ya Ibn Abi Talib…”. 30 In the following, we will mention the calculations made. 31. See: Ayashi, Tafsir, vol. 1, p. 332: “On the authority of Umar bin Yazid, who said: Abu Abdullah, peace be upon him, said, “The beginning of me, Al-Ajab, or Abu Hafs, when he met Ali bin Abi Talib, he said, “He is a witness of ten thousand witnesses, and The man takes the truth from the witnesses. Indeed, the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, set out from Al-Madinah for Hajj and five thousand people with him, and returned from Makkah, and there were five thousand Shias from the people of Makkah, so he ended up in Al-Jahfah, where Gabriel descended on Ali…” 32. Ibn Shahr Ashub, ibid., vol. 3, pp. 26.33. Har Aamili, Usal al-Shi’a, vol. 27, pp. 239.34. Ibid. أَنَّهُ کَانَ لَهُ عَشَرَهُ آلَافِ شَاهِدٍ لَمْ یَقْدِرْ عَلَى أَخْذِ حَقِّهِ وَ الرَّجُلُ یَأْخُذُ حَقَّهُ بِشَاهِدَیْنِ ، أَقُولُ لَعَلَّ الْعَشَرَهَ آلَافٍ کَانُوا حَاضِرِینَ فِى الْمَدِینَهِ وَ الْبَاقُونَ کَانُوا تَفَرَّقُوا فِى الْبُلْدَانِ».۳۵. Tafsir Ayashi, vol. 1, p. 329: “On the authority of Safwan Al-Jamal, Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, said, “I have had twelve thousand martyrs for Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, in the presence of al-Ghadir, peace be upon him. For the witnesses, it is a trick.” Also see: Majlesi, ibid., vol. 37, p. 139, 36. Shayiri, Jami al-Akhbar, p. 10. 37. Ibn Jabr, ibid., p. 122. 38. Tabarsi, ibid., vol. 1, p. 83: “…Hajj With the Messenger of God, I am the people of Al-Madinah, the people of the regions, and the Arabs, seventy thousand people, or Yazidis, according to the number of the companions of Moses, seventy thousand, who took the pledge of allegiance to Aaron, Fankatswa, and the followers of Al-Ajl, the Samaritans, and the like, took the pledge of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him. Because of the Caliphate, the number of the Companions of Musa, the followers of Al-Ajl and Al-Samari, according to the Sunnah and for example, like… 39. Among the narrators in the document of this narration is Muhammad bin Musa Hamedani, about whom the late Ayatollah Khoei said: “Qal al-Najashi is weak in al-Qamyun and Kan Ibn al-Walid says that he is the author of hadeeth.