Historic sources clearly show that the many people who in practice denied the immediate succession of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) by Ali Ibn Abitalib were in fact present in the event of Ghadir. Only a few years following the event of
Prophet’s clarity in speech had left no place for doubt. He had even commanded those present to convey his message to those absent. But about two and half months later, it only seemed like an area named “Ghadir” was non-existent.
“The one who dies, not knowing the Imam of his time, will have died the ignorance death.”(1) The most elementary form of knowing an Imam is basic identification; knowing who, from what line of descent, and with what characteristics is
