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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Leading The Ummah Chapter 19: The Event Of Ghadir (Part 2) The historical event of Ghadir is an eternal event The eighteenth day of Zi-l-Hajjah in Ghadir Khum was marked by the extreme heat of the sun. A large crowd of people, between seventy thousand to one hundred and twenty thousand, had gathered there on the Prophet's orders, waiting for the historical event to begin.

People were using their robes to protect their heads against the extreme and fatal heat. In these critical moments, the voice of “Allah-u-Akbar” [God is great] filled every corner of the desert and people were getting ready to pray. The Prophet performed the congregation prayer among a huge crowd of believers. Then he ascended a make-shift pulpit which had been prepared, reciting the following sermon: All praise is due to Allah. We will ask his assistance and we believe in Him and we rely on Him.

We seek refuge in the Lordof men against the concupiscence and any wrongdoing. We rely on Allah who has no associate. We are a witness to the fact that nobody can mislead anybody who is guided by Allah. We declare that there is no associate to Allah and that Muhammad is His apostle. O people! The merciful Allah has informed me that the length of any prophet's prophethood is half of his age prior to his prophethood. In the near future, I will accept God's call and leave you.

I am responsible so are you. How would you think about me? The Prophet's followers: we witness the fact that you propagated God's faith, you were benevolent towards us and you provided us with advice and you did your best; may God reward you amply.

The Prophet [when the crowd was silent]: Don't you believe that there is no associate for God that Muhammad is God's slave and His apostle, that Hell and paradise and death are true and that the day of resurrection shall come and God will bring to life those who are dead. The Prophet's followers: yes we do. The Prophet: I will leave among you two precious things; how are you going to treat them? An unknown voice: what do you mean by two things? The Prophet: the major weight is God's book.

One side of which is in the hands of God and the other side is in your hands. Learn it and apply it, to save yourself from going astray; and the minor weight is my Household. My God has told me that they too shall never depart up to the day of resurrection. O people! Do not leave these two precious things behind so that you would not go astray.