But, that was from him -saww appointing me -asws as the...
But, that was from him -saww appointing me -asws as the Caliph just as Musa -as had appointed Haroun -as as the Caliph when he -as said: “[7:142] Take my place among my people, and act well and do not follow the way of the mischief-makers.” وَ قَوْلُهُ ( عليه السلام ) حِينَ تَكَلَّمَتْ طَائِفَةٌ فَقَالَتْ نَحْنُ مَوَالِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِلَى حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ثُمَّ صَارَ إِلَى غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ فَأَمَرَ فَأُصْلِحَ لَهُ شِبْهُ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَلَاهُ وَ أَخَذَ بِعَضُدِي حَتَّى رُئِيَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ رَافِعاً صَوْتَهُ قَائِلًا فِي مَحْفِلِهِ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ فَكَانَتْ عَلَى وَلَايَتِي وَلَايَةُ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى عَدَاوَتِي عَدَاوَةُ اللَّهِ And his -saww words when a group spoke saying, ‘We are the friends of the Messenger of Allah -azwj ’.
So the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj went out to the Farewell Pilgrimage, then came up to Ghadeer Khumm . So he -saww ordered for something resembling a Pulpit to be prepared to him -saww . Then he -saww ascended it, grabbed my -asws arm and raised it to the extent that the whiteness of his -saww armpits were seen, and said in a raised voice in that forum: ‘The one to whom I -saww was the Master of, so Ali -asws is his Master. Our Allah -azwj !
Befriend the one who befriends him -asws , and be Inimical to the one who is an enemy to him -asws . Thus, upon my -asws Wilayah is the Wilayah of Allah -azwj , and upon my -asws enmity is the enmity against Allah -azwj .
وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً فَكَانَتْ وَلَايَتِي كَمَالَ الدِّينِ وَ رِضَا الرَّبِّ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اخْتِصَاصاً لِي وَ تَكَرُّماً نَحَلَنِيهِ وَ إِعْظَاماً وَ تَفْصِيلًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنَحَنِيهِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى ثُمَّ رُدُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ مَوْلاهُمُ الْحَقِّ أَلا لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَ هُوَ أَسْرَعُ الْحاسِبِينَ And Allah -azwj , Mighty and Majestic Revealed in that day: “[5:3] This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion” .
So upon my -asws Wilayah was the completion of the Religion, and the Pleasure of the Lord -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Remembrance.