On that day Hassan Ibn Thabit put the historical Ghadir...

On that day Hassan Ibn Thabit put the historical Ghadir event into a poem that reads: Their Prophet was inviting them on the day of Ghadir And a herald whispered into the messengers ear, Who is your master and prophet? he asked. 40-41; Musnad Ahmad, vol. 1, p. 111; Nahj al-Balaghah Commentary by Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, vol. 13, pp. 210-212. [1] Sirat Ibn Husham, vol. 3, p. 520; Al-Sawa`iq al-Muhriqah, book 9, chapter 2, p. 121.

They replied, and no ignorance they pretended: Your God is our master, and you are our prophet forever And no one among us will you find opposed to the mastery, ever. Then he called Rise, thou `Ali The leader and Imam after me I agree you be. So, `Ali is the master of those whose master I've been, And I want you truthful followers of his to be after. O God! Be his friends friend Thou.

Then he prayed, And be his foes foe.[1] The Ghadir tradition is one of the successive traditions cited by not only all Shiite scholars but also by about three hundred and sixty Sunni ones,[2] who have quoted one hundred and ten of the Prophets companions in the chain of the narrators of this tradition. Moreover, twenty-six great Muslim scholars have written separate books on the recording and the handing down of this tradition.

For instance, the famous Muslim historian, Abu-Ja`far Tabari wrote two volumes of books on this issue. `Allamah Aminis encyclopedic book, al-Ghadir , provides further information in this regard. [1] Kharazmi, the Maliki, al-Manaqib, p. 80; Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi, the Hanafi, Tadhkirat al-Khawass, p. 20; al-Kanji, the Shafii, Kifayat al-Talib, p. 17. [2] For Instance, see Ibn Hajar's Al-Sawa`iq al-Muhriqah. (Egypt) book 9, chapter. 2. Back Index Next Previous…