In addition to such numerous chains of narration...

In addition to such numerous chains of narration, the author extensively reports poems from Sahaba, Tabi’un, and later generations to substantiate his case. Among these discussions, he firmly replies to some of the accusations made by some Sunni scholars against Shi’a, using principles that are accepted in Sunni faith. Among the discussions of the book are discussions about the religious knowledge of the first three caliphs and some of its consequences.

For compiling the book, Amini traveled to different countries to use their libraries. He says I referred to more than one hundred thousand books, and read more than ten thousand of them completely. Writing al-Ghadir took more than forty years.

Volumes Al-Ghadir fi al-kitab wa al-sunna wa al-adab (lit.: [Event of] Ghadir in the Book [Qur’an] and tradition and literature) has been chosen as the title for the book to indicate that the denial of the Hadith al-Ghadir, entails the denial of the Qur’an, Prophet’s (s) narrations and tradition, Arabic literature and poetic heritage, for the author has proven his case by providing different evidences from each of these sources.

(3) In al-Ghadir , around 150 books from among the most important sources of Muslims’ literature and tradition –from various fields- that have shaped personalities and societies, are being used and their content has been discussed and scrutinized according to the principals that are accepted in Sunni tradition.

Therefore, it can be safely claimed that the author of al-Ghadir has accomplished a kind of academic reconstruction and has critically evaluated the general Islamic literature, for the very 150 books that are discussed -from the Tarikh of al-Tabari to the Fajr al-Islam by Ahmad Amin- provide standards and criteria for hundreds of other books and hundreds of other issues.

(4) First Volume In this volume, after presenting the text of Hadith al-Ghadir, the author mentions 110 individuals of Sahaba (companions of the Prophet (s)) who have narrated this hadith and cite the report from each of these individuals from Sunni traditional sources. (5) After the Sahaba, he mentions 84 individuals of Tabi’un (the companions of the companions of the Prophet (s)) who reported this hadith. He also presents the opinions of Sunni rijal experts on these narrators.

(6) After Tabi’un, the name of 360 Sunni scholars -from the 2nd/8th to 14th/20th centuries- are listed that have narrated and documented this Hadith in their works.