6- Developing extracurricular programs in schools for...

6- Developing extracurricular programs in schools for teaching the text of the sermon to the students. 7- Translating the sermon into different languages and publishing them in papers and on the Internet. Keeping alive the event and observing its anniversary There are many traditions on the importance of observing the anniversary of the event of Ghadir Khum. To be brief, only three traditions are partially quoted below.

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) said: “The day of Ghadir Khum is the greatest religious festival (Eid) of my nation. It was the day that Allah, exalted is His rememberance, commanded me to appoint my brother, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, as the guiding banner for my nation, by whom they will be rightly guided after me.

It was the day in which Allah finalized religion and fulfilled His blessings on my nation and was pleased that Islam be their faith.”1 Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) said to one of his companions: 1 al-Amali, al-Saduq, p. 125, Hadith 8, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 94, p. 110, Hadith 2. “Fasting on the day of Ghadir is equivalent to fasting throughout the entire age of the world… It is the greatest festival of Allah.

Allah has not sent any prophet but that he celebrated this day as Eid and was aware of its sanctity. It is known in the heavens as ‘The Day of the Famous Covenant’… You might think that Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has created a day more sacred than that. No, by Allah! No, by Allah!

No, by Allah!”1 Imam Ridha (PBUH) said: “Certainly, the day of Ghadir is more famous in the heavens than in the earth… and by Allah, had people truly known the superiority of this day, the 1 Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 3, p. 143, Hadith 1; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 95, p. 302, Hadith 2. angels would have been shaking hands with them ten times a day.”1 Thanking Allah for this greatest blessing Being grateful to the benefactor for his favors is a matter of rational necessity.

The wiser the servant, the more gratitude he expresses in words and actions to his master. Allah states in the Holy Quran: “We indeed bestowed wisdom upon Luqman: ‘Be grateful to Allah.’ Certainly, whoever is grateful does so to the profit of his own soul, but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants and is abundantly praised.”2 In addition, the greater the favor, the more appreciation that is due.

Divine guardianship (al-Walaya) is the greatest favor that Allah has bestowed upon His creation.