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Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) message to the people on the Day of Ghadeer and its significance<\/p>\n
The Introduction:<\/p>\n
The day of Ghadeer (18th Zilhajj) is a very important day in the history of Islam and every Muslim irrespective of his sect or creed should be well versed with it. It is the day when in the words of Allah, the Almighty, He \u201cperfected\u201d His religion and \u201ccompleted\u201d His bounties on the people. The Almighty Allah declares in Surah Maidah (5) \u2013 Verse 3<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday I have perfected your religion and completed my favour upon you, and I am satisfied that Islam be your religion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Request our noble readers to kindly take note of the words \u201cperfected\u201d and \u201ccompleted\u201d which Allah, the All Wise has used in this verse.<\/p>\n
It goes without saying and also to which every rational and logical person will agree is the fact that a \u201ccomplete\u201d thing is superior and preferable to an \u201cincomplete\u201d thing and a \u201cperfect\u201d thing is superior and preferable to an \u201cimperfect\u201d thing.<\/p>\n
Especially the discussion of \u201ccompleteness\u201d and \u201cperfection\u201d becomes more prominent and important if it is with regards to one\u2019s religion and one\u2019s belief. We all bank on our religion and belief to achieve salvation in the Hereafter to save ourselves from the wrath of Allah, the All Knowing, to save ourselves from the Fire of Hell whose fuel is men and stones and which is the abode of those who have disobeyed Allah, the Knower of Subtleties and who have disobeyed His Messenger \u2013 the mercy for mankind \u2013 Hazrat Mohammed Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) after accepting him as the Prophet and Messenger of Allah, the Almighty.<\/p>\n
As definitely only a \u201ccomplete\u2019 and \u201cperfect\u201d religion will take a person towards the intended destination of salvation and an \u201cimperfect\u201d and \u201cincomplete\u201d religion will not only take a person away from salvation but rather lead directly towards perdition which is the Everlasting punishment of Hell.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment\u201d<\/p>\n
(Surah: 10)<\/p>\n
To save oneself from perdition and achieve salvation in the Hereafter it becomes a religious duty of every believing man and every believing woman to inquire as to what transpired on the day of Ghadeer after which Allah, the Almighty announced that His religion is \u201ccompleted\u201d and \u201cperfected\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Incident:<\/p>\n
It was the in the year 10 A.H. the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.) was returning to Media after performing Hajj in Mecca along with more than 124,000 companions. The historians have also recorded names of companions who were with Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) during Hajj and present with him while returning. Some of the prominent ones are \u2013 Hazrat Ali (as), Janabe Salman al Farsi (r.a.), Janabe Abu Zar (r.a.), Janabe Miqdad (r.a.), Janabe Ammar e Yasir (r.a.). Companions like Umar al Khattab, Abu Bakr, Hassan bin Sabit, among others were also present. All these companions not only witnessed and participated in the event which took place at Ghadeer but have also narrated it in great detail which is recorded in books of history by both prominent scholars of Shia and also Ahle Sunnah. The fact that this event is narrated by so many transmitters of traditions and recorded by so many historians it attains the status of \u201cMutawatir\u201d which means something which is \u201cundisputable\u201d and is the undeniable \u201ctruth\u201d.<\/p>\n
As mentioned earlier, Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was on the return journey along with his companions when Hazrat Jibrael (as) came to him (s.a.w.a.) by the order of Allah, the Almighty and revealed the below verse to him (s.a.w.a.),<\/p>\n
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\u201cO Apostle! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you don\u2019t do it, you have not delivered His message (at all); and Allah will protect you from the people \u2026\u201d (Qur\u2019an 5:67)<\/p>\n
Upon revelation of this verse Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a) immediately stopped at a place called Ghadir e Khum. He then sent someone to call back all those who had gone ahead in travel to call them back and waited for those who were left behind in travel to join him. He ordered Janabe Salman (r.a.) to prepare a pulpit of rock and camel saddles.<\/p>\n
It is essential here to stop for a moment and re-look at the verse which was revealed on Holy Prophet (sawa) to understand the importance of what Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was asked to \u201cdeliver\u201d or \u201cconvey\u201d.<\/p>\n
Let us examine the first part \u201cO Apostle! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord\u2026\u201d Here \u201cwhat has been sent down to you from your Lord\u201d implies that the message which Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was ordered to deliver was not in any means from the side of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) himself but rather the message was from the side of Allah, the Almighty, the All Wise and the second part in which The Almighty Allah warns the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) \u201c\u2026 and if you do not do it, you have not delivered His message (at all)\u201d highlights the seriousness and significance of the message which was to be delivered. It is as if without conveying this important message, the message of Allah would have not only been incomplete but rather in the light of above verse His message would not have been conveyed at all.<\/p>\n
Coming back to the incident \u2013 Janabe Salman (ra) built a pulpit of rock and camel saddles. Once all the people had gathered the Prophet of Islam (sawa) ascended the pulpit and delivered the sermon which has been recorded in history by both the scholars of Shia and Ahle Sunnah word by word, making it undeniable and undisputable. The Holy Prophet (sawa) ascended to the pulpit and spent approximately five hours in this place; three hours of which he was on the pulpit. He recited nearly one hundred verses from The Glorious Quran, and for seventy three times reminded and warned people of their deeds and future. Then he gave them a long speech.<\/p>\n
The following is a part of his speech which has been widely narrated by the Sunni traditionists:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems the time approached when I shall be called away (by Allah) and I shall answer that call. I am leaving for you two precious things and if you adhere to them both, you will never go astray after me. They are the Book of Allah and my Progeny that is my Ahlul Bayt. The two shall never separate from each other until they come to me by the Pool (of Paradise).\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I not have more right over the believers than what they have over themselves?\u201d<\/p>\n
People cried and answered:<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, O\u2019 Messenger of God.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) made the key announcement and delivered the key message which Allah the Almighty had commanded him to convey or the message without which the religion of Islam would have been incomplete or in other words the message without which one\u2019s faith is incomplete and the message without which the path of salvation seems a distant reality.<\/p>\n
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said:<\/p>\n
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\u201cOf Whomsoever I am the master, Ali is his master\u201d<\/p>\n
Ref: Al-Musnad, Ibn Hanbal, Vol 5, p 366, Tarikh al Kabeer \u2013 Al Bukhari \u2013 Vol 1,<\/p>\n
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) continued:<\/p>\n
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\u201cO\u2019 Allah, love those who love him, and be hostile to those who are hostile to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ref: Al-Bidayah wal Nihayah fi al \u2013 Tarikh, Vol 7, Pg. 349<\/p>\n
Immediately after the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) finished his speech, the following verse of the Qur\u2019an was revealed:<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday I have perfected your religion and completed my favour upon you, and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion.\u201d (Qur\u2019an 5:3)<\/p>\n
The above verse clearly indicates that Islam without clearing up matter of mastership or succession of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was not complete, and completion of religion was due to announcement of the Prophet\u2019s immediate successor.<\/p>\n
Reaction of the Sahaba on the Day of Ghadeer<\/p>\n
Immediately after the Prophet\u2019s speech, Hassan b. Thabit, the Companion and poet of the Messenger of Allah [s], asked for his permission to compose a few verses of poetry about Imam \u2018Ali [a] for the audience. The Prophet [s] said: \u201cSay with the blessings of Allah\u201d. Hassan stood up and said: \u201cO\u2019 people of Quraysh. I follow with my words what preceded and witnessed by the Messenger of Allah [s]. He then composed the following verses at the scene:<\/p>\n
He calls them, (on) the day of Ghadir, their Prophet
\nIn Khumm so hear (and heed) the Messenger\u2019s call,
\nHe said: \u201cWho is your guide and leader? (mawlakum wa waliyyukum)\u201d
\nThey said, and there was no apparent blindness (clearly):
\n\u201cYour God, our guide, and you are our leader
\nAnd you won\u2019t find from among us, in this, any disobedient,\u201d
\nHe said to him: \u201cStand up O\u2019 Ali, for I am
\npleased to announce you Imam and guide after me (min ba\u2019di imam(an) wa hadiy(an)),
\nSo whomever I was his leader (mawla), then this is his leader (mawla)
\nSo be to him supporters in truth and followers,\u201d
\nThere he prayed: \u201cAllah! Be a friend and guide to his follower
\nAnd be, to the one who is Ali\u2019s enemy, an enemy\u201d<\/p>\n
Umar bin Khattab congratulates Imam Ali (as)<\/p>\n
After his speech, the Messenger of Allah [s] asked everybody to give the oath of allegiance to \u2018Ali [a] and congratulate him. Among those who did so was \u2018Umar b. al-Khattab, who said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWell done Ibn Abi Talib! Today you became the Leader (mawla) of all believing men and women.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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