\u201cToday I have\nperfected your religion and completed my favor upon you, and I was satisfied\nthat Islam be your religion.\u201d (The Holy Quran, 5:3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eid al-Ghadir, which\nis known as Eid al-Akbar (the greatest Eid) in Islamic narrations, could be\nreferred to as the greatest celebration (Eid) of all religions. For the result\nof the mission of all the messengers of Allah (SWT) became accomplished on this\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Prophet Nuh (Noah) (PBUH) was appointed, he introduced\nhis people to his religion and told them: \u201cAllah has called upon you to have\nfaith in this religion; however, there shall be a prophet after me whose\nreligion is more perfect than mine, so have faith in him and be aware that the\nmost perfect religion will be brought by the last prophet\u201d. Similar to that,\nIbrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus) (PBUT) were appointed and they\ngradually made the religion more perfect, and they spoke of the most perfect\nreligion, the one brought by the last prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, Islam has been brought to people and the religion has\nreached its most perfect state, and the mission of all Allah\u2019s (SWT) messengers\nis manifested in Islam. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) has established Islam\nwithin 23 years of enormous endeavors, and has conveyed brotherhood and\nequality amongst all the Muslims. Now, he is preparing to visit the house of\nAllah (SWT), and he has called upon all Muslims, no matter what their race or\ntribe is, to join him in performing Hajjah al-Weedaa\u2019 (farewell pilgrimage),\nhis last pilgrimage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People were accompanying Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) in performing\nthe Hajj rituals and meanwhile, they heard the last words of him. When\nreturning, Gabriel comes down to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) saying:\u201d O\nMessenger! Proclaim what has been\nrevealed to you from your Lord.\u201d Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) was worried\nabout the reaction of some of his companions since he was aware of their\nhypocrisy through revelation (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, Gabriel came down for the second time:\u201d O\nMessenger! Proclaim what has been\nrevealed to you from your Lord\u201d. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), the mercy upon\nmankind, was worried about the ailing hearts and weak faith of new Muslims. As\nhe was looking for a solution, Gabriel came down for the third time:\u201d O\nMessenger! Proclaim what has been\nrevealed to you from your Lord, for if you do it not you have not conveyed His\nmessage and Allah will protect you from the (evil designs of) people.\u201d (3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is this message that if not proclaimed, the Prophet\u2019s\nmission would not be conveyed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), who possesses both the states\nof Prophethood and Imamate, is addressed as \u201cO Messenger!\u201d, which reveals that\nhis state of Prophethood is targeted. On the other hand, the phrase \u201cyou have\nnot conveyed His message\u201d indicates that not proclaiming this message would\nresult in not having accomplished the duty of Prophethood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the following section of the verse, Allah (SWT) assures\nProphet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) by saying that:\u201d Allah will protect you from the\n(evil designs of) people.\u201d Here protection does not mean to address physical,\nfinancial\u2026 protection; because Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) never felt fear\nduring the battles, and his life\u2019s history testifies that he never stood back\neven a single step in the battles. Even in the battle of Uhud, when the Muslims\nwere seemingly defeated and their army was collapsed, Prophet Muhammad\n(PBUH&HP) was still fighting against the pagans. In addition to that, Allah\n(SWT) describes not only Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), but also other\nprophets as:\u201d those who proclaim the messages of Allah and have fear in Him,\nand have fear in no one but Allah.\u201d(4) Therefore, Prophet Muhammad\u2019s\n(PBUH&HP) fear was about damages to the religion and the ignorance of\npeople; hence, the good tidings by Allah (SWT) were about the victory over the\nignorance of people, just like as he told Prophet Moses (PBUH):\u201d Fear not; you\nare the superior\u201d(5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) stops at a place called\nGhadir. He summons those who have gone forward to return and wait for the\nfollowers to join. Them, he climbs an eminence and gives a sermon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPraise be to Allah; I testify that He is the Lord and\nI am His servant. Gabriel has descended to me thrice, and has ordered me from\nAllah to stop on this land to proclaim His message. Am I not your Wali (more\nprecious to you than your own lives)?” People replied:” Yes”. He\ncontinued:\u201d Am I not your prophet and leader?\u201d Again, all the people confirmed.\nIt was then that he took Ali ibn Abi Talib’s (PBUH) hands and raised them high,\nand said, “Whoever has me as his Master (Wali), Ali is his Master (Wali)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, those that were present came to Ali (PBUH) at the\ntent which Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) had ordered to be set up, and\ncongratulated him on his new position. They addressed him as Amir al-Mu\u2019minin\n(Ruler of the Faithful). Historians have mentioned numbers up to 120000 for the\npeople present at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, the following verse of the Quran was revealed:\u201d Today,\nthose who disbelieve have despaired of your religion; so fear them not and fear\nMe. Today I have perfected for you your religion and have completed My favor\nupon you, and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion.\u201d(6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Holy Quran, the terms “Yaum” and\n\u201cYauma\u2019izin\u201d usually refer to the resurrection day; however, the former is used\nin this verse referring to the issue of Imamate. Since the Holy Quran starts talking\nabout important issues with the terms \u201cAl\u201d and \u201cYaum\u201d, it is indicated that the\naforementioned verse, in which the term \u201cal-Yaum\u201d is repeated twice, contains\nimportant news. That important news is indeed appointing the Master and Ruler\nof the Muslim community after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This important event made the disbelievers disappointed. The\nenemies of Islam would say: ” \u2026 we are waiting to see him die\u201d (7), so his\nreligion would be removed; because it is possible to fight against the book and\nthe law and to interpret them according to one\u2019s desires; however, such divine\nLeader could not be fought. Therefore, the event of Ghadir made the\ndisbelievers despair of this hope due to the fact that a leader was appointed\nfor the Muslims who possessed virtues such as bravery, wisdom, patience and\nconstancy, just like Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP). There, a divine successor\nwas appointed by Allah to continue Prophet\u2019s path and supervise the Muslims\nafter Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next section of the verse talks about perfection of\nreligion and completion of favor. Obviously, it does not refer to materialistic\nfavors, because the creatures are constantly blessed by such favors from Allah\n(SWT), and they are not such that could be completed; hence, another type of\nfavor (which is indeed superior to and more important than materialistic\nfavors) is meant. According to the event of Ghadir, this favor is nothing but\nthe favor of Imamat (Leadership) and Wilayat (Mastership). Even Allah (SWT) has\nadmired the favor of prophethood and Imamat as His greatest favors in the Holy\nQuran, and has used the term Minnah (a significant and enormous favor which is\ndifficult to receive and maintain) regarding these two favors:\u201d Certainly Allah\nconferred a great favor upon the believers when He raised among them a\nMessenger from amongst themselves.\u201d (8); \u201cAnd We desired to bestow a great\nfavor upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the Imams,\nand to make them the inheritors.\u201d(9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And finally, the endeavors\nof all the prophets before Islam and the 23 year endeavors of Prophet Muhammad\n(PBUH&HP) became fruitful on the day of Ghadir, and the argument on mankind\nbecame complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is noteworthy\nthat according to the knowledge of Hadith, there are few events reported to be\nas authentic as the event of Ghadir. Mas\u2019ood ibn Nasser Sajestani in the book\n\u201cWilayatkade\u201d, which is printed in seventeen volumes, narrates this event on\nthe authority of one hundred twenty people. Muhammad bin Jarir Tabari in the book\n\u201cRadd Alaa al-Kharqouziah\u201d, narrates the event of Ghadir from seventy-five\ndifferent routes, and Ibn Ouqdah mentions 125 different narrators for this\nHadith in the book of Wilayat. It is quoted from Abou al-Ma\u2019ali Jowni that:\u201d I\nsaw a book in a bookbinding store which contained the Hadith of Ghadir, and it\nwas written on its back:\u201d Volume 28 of the routes for the Hadith of Man Kuntu\nMawlah (the beginning phrase of the Hadith of Ghadir which means whoever has me\nas Master)\u201d. Sayyid Murtada writes that:\u201d We have not come up to a single\nIslamic sect that denies the event of Ghadir\u201d. Finally, the book of Al-Ghadir\nby Allamah Amini is the most general and complete encyclopedia for narrations\nabout the Ghadir event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the above,\nit is on us to celebrate this great Eid. There is a Hadith in Sahih Muslim\nnarrating from Taariq ibn Shahab that:\u201d A group of Jews told the second Caliph\nthat:\u201d If such a verse had been revealed to us (Today I have perfected for you\nyour religion and have completed my favor upon you) and we knew that day it had\nbeen revealed, We would have celebrated that day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– \nAl-Ghadir,\nby Allamah Amini<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– \nTafsir\nal-Mizan, by Ayatullah Jawadi Amuli<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– \nExplanations\nof the Event of Ghadir, by Ayatullah\nJawadi Amuli,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– \nHaqq\nal-Yaqin, by Allamah Majlisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- The Holy Quran, (5:3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- The Holy Quran,\n(9:101)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- The Holy Quran,\n(5:67)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4- The Holy Quran, (33:39)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5- The Holy Quran,\n(20:67)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6- The Holy Quran, (5:3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7- The Holy Quran,\n(52:30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8- The Holy Quran,\n(2:164)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9- The Holy Quran,\n(28:5)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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