I also saw that Imam -asws had asked his servants to give...

I also saw that Imam -asws had asked his servants to give those guest new outfits as some of them were wearing ordinary cloths. Therefore, Imam -asws had liked them to wear neat looking outfits and they were regularly mentioning the virtues and the holiness of this day (the day of Ghadeer).

In sum, one of the ahadith Imam -asws had mentioned was: ‘My father has narrated to me on the authority of his -asws pious and glorified ancestors the tradition (Hadith) that – ‘Once in the time of the Amir-ul-Momineen -asws , the day of Friday had coincided with the day of the Eid of Ghadeer. Five hours had passed of the day when Amir-ul-Momineen -asws ascended to the pulpit and gave a long sermon, which has been recorded, word to word, by the Holy Imam Ali Al-Reza -asws .

Amir-ul-Momineen -asws said in the sermon: ‘O group of believers! Allah -azwj has today brought two great Eids together for you.

One would not be complete without (celebration of) the other so that Lord -azwj can complete His Favours on you in this way.’ Then, the Amir-ul-Momineen -asws described numerous virtues of the ‘Eid-e-Ghadeer’ to the extent that Amir-ul-Momineen -asws came to the following: ‘On this day the spending of one Dirham is equivalent to the spending of a thousand on any other day. Any more than this is in the Hands of Providence of Allah -azwj , Who -azwj has Called people to fast on this day.

If an advanced aged person were to fast during the days and spend the nights in worshiping, from the inception of this world to its end, even then he would not be able to equate to the reward of keeping fast on this very day; and whoever were to fulfil the need of a ‘Momin’ (believing brother) and be good to him on this day then he would be like the one who fasts on this day and worships during its night.

Whoever provides the means of breaking fast of a single ‘Momin’ in the evening (of Ghadeer) it is like one who is ‘ Fayam, Fayam, Fayam’ , (Until Amir-ul-Momineen -asws mentioned this ten times). One person got up and asked: ‘Ya Amir-ul-Momineen -asws !