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"Al-Ghadir" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity 1 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief “Al-Ghadir” and its Relevance to Islamic Unity 1 2024-06-25 676 Views The Holy Quran , Allama Amini , Kitab al-Ghadir , The Hadith The distinguished book entitled “al-Ghadir” by “Allamah Amini” has raised a huge wave in the Islamic world. Islamic thinkers shed light on the book from different perspectives; in literature, history, theology, tradition, tafsir, and sociology.

From the social perspective, we can deal with Islamic unity. In this review, Islamic unity has been dealt with from a social point of view. Contemporary Muslim thinkers and reformists are of the view that unity and solidarity of Muslims are the most imperative Islamic exigencies at the present juncture when the enemies have made extensive inroads upon the Islamic community and have tried to resort to different ways and means to spread the old differences and create new ones.

We are aware that Islamic unity and fraternity is the focus of attention of the Holy Legislator of Islam and is actually the major objective pursued by this Divine religion as firmed by the Qur’an, the “Sunnah”, and the history of Islam.

For this reason, some people have been faced with this question: Wouldn’t the compilation and publication of a book such as “al-Ghadir” which deals with the oldest issue of differences among the Muslims- create a barrier in the way of the sublime and lofty objective of the Islamic unity?

To answer this question, it is necessary first to elucidate the essence of this issue, that is, the Islamic unity, and then proceed to examine the role of the magnum opus entitled “al-Ghadir” and its eminent compiler ‘Allamah Amini in bringing about Islamic unity. Islamic Unity What is meant by the Islamic unity? Does it mean that one Islamic school of thought should be unanimously followed and others are set aside?

Or does it mean that the commonalties of all Islamic schools of thought should be taken up and their differences are put away to make up a new denomination which is not completely the same as the previous ones? Or does it mean that Islamic unity is in no way related to the unity of the different schools of Fiqh (jurisprudence) but signifies the unity of the Muslims and the unity of the followers of different schools of Fiqh, with their different religious ideas and views, vis-a-vis the aliens?