The poets could be inspired by this event and they could...
The poets could be inspired by this event and they could enliven their poetic rigor to write the most elegant poetical masterpieces on this event in different languages. It is no wonder that in the history of Islam no event has ever been studied so vastly as the event of Ghadir by scholars, interpreters, philosophers, orators, poets and historians.
No doubt, one of the reasons for this event to be eternal, is the descent and relevance of two Quranic verses [^6] and since the Holy Quran is eternal, this historical event shall always remain eternal, never to be forgotten. In the Islamc community in the past and in the Shiite community now, this event is considered to be a great Islamic festival and would never be forgotten.
A look at the history books would reveal to us that the eighteenth day of Zi-l-Hajjah Al-Haram has been reckoned as the Ghadir festival among Muslims in the past. In this relation Ibn khollakan writing on Mostaali Ibn Al-Mostansar, the Fatemid caliph says in the year 487, the Ghadir festival, which corresponds with the 18th of Zi-l-Hajjah Al-Haram, people allied with him[^7].
Concerning Al-Mostanser Bellah, Al-Abidi writes: he passed away in the year 487 of hijrah, twelve nights before the end of the month Zi-Al-hajjeh. This night concides with the night of Ghadir festival.[^8] Not only does Ibn khollakan call this night the night of the Ghadir festival, but so does Masudi[^9] and Taalebi[^10] who emphasize that this night was among the Muslims’ significant nights.
The festivities on Ghadir day were carried out because the Prophet himself carried it out regularly each year. On that day the Prophet ordered his wives and the Muhajirs and Ansars to go to Ali and congratulate him. Zayd Ibn Arqam writes: the first of Muhajirs to ally with Ali were Abu Bakr, Umar Othman Talha and Zubayr. This ceremony of allegiance and congratulating continued till the evening.
Other Reasons for the eternity of the Ghadir Event On the significance of this event it is enough to say that it has been narrated by one hundred and ten of the Prophet's close friends. Of course this is not taken to mean that only these people have reported this event; rather, we should point out that only in the books of the sunni scholars we could observe one hundred and twenty scholars who have done so.
It is clear that the Prophet delivered his speech for an audience of one hundred thousand; but more of them were from distant areas like Hijaz who have not narrated this event.