FORTY TRADITIONS ON THE GHADIR

FORTY TRADITIONS ON THE GHADIR

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It was in the tenth year of Hijra . Muslims having finished the ceremony of Haj along with the Holy Prophet of Islam , Muhammad (peace be upon him) , which was called Hajjatul Wida , the farewell Haj , were returning to the Holy city of the Prophet , Medina .
When Prophet�s caravan arrived at the territory of Rabeq , 3 miles away from Johfa , which is the gathering point of the pilgrims , the arch Angel Gibraeel came down to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in a place called "Ghadir khom" carrying the following verse :
یا ایها الرسول بلغْ ما انْزل الیْک من ربک وان لمْ تفْعلْ فما بلغْت رسالته والله یعْصمک من الناس
O Messenger! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord . And if you do not , then you have not conveyed His Message . Allah will protect you from mankind
Surah Al- Ma?idah , verse : 67
The order of dismounting was issued for all the caravans . All the pilgrims stayed there . By noon , the weather was scorchingly hot . The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) offered the Noon Prayer along with the congregation . After that , as people surrounded him from everywhere , he settled on to a high spot which was made by the shackles of camels and rendered a public sermon with an audible tone and said :
"Oh , People! Time is imminent that I answer the call of time and take eternal leave from you . I am accountable and you are responsible

  Please,To read more go to Read More Then he explained some valuable advises and commanded : �I leave two valuable things among you; one of them is the Book of God (the holy Qur�an) and the other is my clan . These two will never be separated from each other . Oh people! Do not take lead over the Qur�an and my clan and in the stage of performance , don�t be negligent . If you do so , you will be perished .
At this moment , he held the hand of Imam Ali (Peace be upon him) , raised him and introduced him to all of the people who were there and then said :
Then the Messenger of Allah continued : "Do I not have more right over the believers than what they have over themselves?" People cried and answered : "Yes , O, Messenger of God . " Then Prophet (PBUH) held up the
hand of Ali and said : "Whoever I am his leader Mawla) , Ali is his leader (Mawla) . O, God , love those who love him , and be hostile to those who are hostile to him . "" .
منْ کنْت موْلاه فهذا علی مولاه اللهم وال منْ والاه و عاد منْ عاده و...
Then the Angle of Revelation (Gabreal) came down and carried the verse of :
الْیوْم اکْملْت لکمْ دینکمْ .
Today I have perfected your religion and completed my bounty upon you , and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion . " (Qur�an 5 : 3)
And that day became immortal and epic �making in the history of Islam . Yes , Ghadir was recognized as the day of immortal epic , guardianship , Imamate , executorships , brotherhood , the day of velour and bravery , moral heroism , protection , satisfaction and clarity . The day of blessing , thanks giving(to God) , congratulation and felicitation , delight and joy; the day of dedication of present , promise and agreement , renewal of friendly relations; the day of completion of religion and proclamation of legitimacy; The day of driving of Satan; the day of introducing of the way and guidance; the day of experiment , hopelessness of enemy and hopefulness of the friend; and in short , it is the day of Islam and Qur�an and family and a day in which real followers of life-giving school of Islam honor and congratulate each other .
It is anecdotal from Hadith traditions that our Holy Imams (Peace be upon them) celebrated that day and they had special ceremonies to mark this day , something may be similar to Nourooz celebrations of Iranians .
It is narrated by Fiaz ibnu Mohammad Toosi that the day of Ghadir he arrived in the presence of eighth Imam (Imam Reza , Peace be upon him) . He saw that a group of special guests were at the presence of Imam Reza and the holy Imam invited them for "Iftar"(a religious ceremony to break one�s fast) at his home . Also he sent food , clothes , shoes , rings and many other presents to their homes and they were delightful , joyous mood

Imam described excellences of that day (Ghadir-e- khum) to them (1) .
In another Hadith , it is narrated that : One day during the rule of Imam Ali , peace be up him , Friday and Ghadir feast fell on the same day . Imam Ali read a lengthy sermon and then said : "When this assembly finishes , all of you will return to your homes . God has mercy on you , Share the blessings with your family and friends . Thank God for this blessing that he has bestowed upon you . Do associate with family so that the Lord helps you more . Do favors to friends that the Lord makes your friendship permanent . May Lord reward you in manifolds . You will not find another blessing similar to this [day of Ghadir] in other days .
Showing kindness will bring you forgiveness of God and His kindness . Share from the gifted wealth with
your brothers and family , as much as you can on this day .
Keep your face always smiling . When you meet each other , share rejoices and thanks God for His blessings . Go and do a lot of favours to those who have pinned their hopes on you . And be generous to share your food and dish with your inferiors . Put in to practice this uniformity and equality as much as possible , as the reward of a coin given in charity is equal to thousand coins on this day .
The God has placed fasting as an recommended deed (of certain religious percepts) and has promised big reward for it .
If somebody respond to the need of his brothers before they ask for it and do favour with desire and delight , his reward will be the same as if he fasted this day or has spent the night with worship till the morning . And one who gives Iftar (breaking one,s fast) to a fasting person , it is like this that he has given Iftar to a group of people .
When you meet each other greet with Salam , shake hands and congratulate the blessing that has been given to you by the Lord . These words must be sent to those who are not present and do not hear by those who are present and listen
Rich must support the vulnerable and the powerful must support the weak . The holy Prophet (peace be up on him) has commanded me these things . �(2)
The Imam (peace be up on him) said this in his Friday sermon and every day Friday became the day remembering this great feast . Later Imam came to the home of Imam Hussein . They prepared food to those needy and others . Imam�s followers returned to their families with his gifts . (3)
We hope the day will come when all Muslims , especially Muslims in Iran , mark the day of feast as the biggest feast of themselves and honor this day in the way which is necessary and appropriate .
Footnote
(1) - Baharol anvar , 97 : 112 , number of Hadith 8 .
(2) The translation of this tradition till here is from Mohammad-Reza Hakimi which has been taken from "Hamase Ghadir"; page 71 .
(3)- Baharolanvar 97 : 117

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