He thanked God for the great Blessing of Islam...

He thanked God for the great Blessing of Islam, and for His Grace and His Mercy, and then he posed the following question to the Muslims: “Do I have or I do not have a greater right on your souls than you yourselves have on them?” The Muslims answered with one voice: “The Apostle of God has a greater right on our souls than we ourselves have on them.” “If that is so,” he said, “then I have a very important message to deliver to you,” and he put across the message as follows: “O Muslims!

I am a mortal like any of you, and I may soon be summoned into the presence of my Lord. My most precious legacy to you is the Book of Allah and the members of my family, as I have told you before. Now listen to this with attention that I am the Master of all of you - of all Believers. All those men and women who acknowledge me as their Master, I want them to acknowledge (at this point he held Ali's hand and lifted it high over his head) Ali also as their Master.

Ali is the Master of all those men and women whose Master I am.” Having delivered this message, Muhammad Mustafa lifted his hands toward the sky, and said: “O Allah! Be Thou a Friend of him who is a friend of Ali, and be Thou an Enemy of him who is his enemy. Help him whoever helps Ali, and forsake him whoever forsakes him (Ali).” Foregoing is a summary of what Muhammad, the Messenger of God, said in Khumm.

The full text and context of his speech is preserved in the famous book Taudih-ed-Dala'el by the great Sunni doctor, Allama Shahab-ud-Deen Ahmed. Following is a condensation of the speech as recorded in Taudih-ed-Dala'el : I offer praise and thanks to Allah for all Hisbounties. I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and He is One, the Almighty, the Perfect. We all depend upon Him. He has no consort, no son, no partner(s) & c.

I am one of His slaves but He chose me as His Messenger for the guidance of all mankind. O people! fear Him at all times and never disobey Him. Do not fight but for Islam, and remember that Allah's knowledge encompasses every thing. O Muslims! beware that when I am gone, there will arise men who will attribute false statements to me and there will be other men who would believe in them.

But I seek Allah's protection that I should ever say anything but the Truth and invite you toward anything but what He has revealed to me. Those who transgress in this matter, will pay the penalty. At this point Ibada ibn Samit, a companion, rose and asked: “O Messenger of Allah!