He ordered Salman (RA) to use rocks and camel toolings to make a pulpit (minbar)...

He ordered Salman (RA) to use rocks and camel toolings to make a pulpit (minbar), so that he could make his announcement. It was around noon time, and due to the extreme heat in that valley, people were wrapping their robes around their feet and legs, and were sitting around the pulpit, on the hot rocks. On this day the Messenger of Allah spent approximately five hours in this place; three hours of which he was on the pulpit.

He recited nearly one hundred verses from The Glorious Quran, and for seventy three times reminded and warned people of their deeds and future. Then he gave them a long speech which has been widely narrated by the Sunni traditions.

In part of the speech the Messenger of Allah referred to a verse of the holy Quran, and said: "Do not I have more right over the believers than what they have over themselves?" People cried and answered: "Yes, 0' Messenger of God." Then Prophet held up the hand of Ali and said: "Whoever I am his leader (Mawla), Ali is his leader (Mawla).

0' God, love those who love him, and be enemy to those who are enemy to him." Some of the Sunni references: (1) Sahih Tirmidhi, vol: 2, p.298, vol: 5, p.63 (2) Sunan Ibn Maja, vol: 1, pp 12, 43 (3) Khasa'is, by Nisa'i, pp 4, 21 Revelation of Verse 5:3 Soon after the Prophet finished his speech, the following verse of Holy was revealed: "Today I have perfected your religion, and completed my bounty upon you, and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion." (Quran 5:3) Some of Sunni references which mentioned the revelation of the above verse of Quran in Ghadir Khum after the speech of the Prophet are: (1) AI-Durr al-Manthur, by Hafiz Jalaluddin Suyuti, vol: 3, p19 .

(2) Tarikh, by Khatib al-Baghdadi, vol: 8, pp 290,596 (3) Manaqeb, by Ibn Maghazali, p 19 The above verse clearly indicates that Islam without clearing up matter of leadership after Prophet was not complete, and completion of religion was due to announcement of Prophet's immediate successor.

Allegiance of People with Imam Ali (a.s) in Ghadir Celebration After announcing the leadership of Ali (a.s), Prophet descended from the platform, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, stood still for a moment, and commanded the Muslims to , "Make allegiance to my brother and successor; congratulate him on his Divine appointment. He is Imam and Amir-ulMumineen" Omar Ibn Khatab was the first to congratulate Ali (p.b.u.h.) and to acknowledge him as Master of all Believers'.