“Abū Tufayl narrated it on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam...

“Abū Tufayl narrated it on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam (RA) that ‘Alī (RA) asked people on oath who among them had heard the Messenger of Allāh (SAW) say on the day of Ghadīr Khum: Don’t you know that I am nearer than the lives of the believers? They said: Why not! He said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Befriend him who befriends him (‘Alī) and be his enemy who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy.

(At Ali’s conversation,) twelve persons stood up and bore witness to this incident.”[37] Hadīth No. 35 عن سعيد بن وهب وعن زيد بن يثيع رضي الله عنهما، قالا: نشد علي رضي الله عنه الناس في الرحبة من سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول يوم غدير خم إلا قام. قال: فقام من قبل سعيد ستة ومن قبل زيد ستة، فشهدوا أنهم سمعوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول لعلي رضي الله عنه يوم غدير خم: أليس الله أولى بالمؤمنين؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: اللهم! من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم! وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه.

‘Sa‘īd bin Wahb and Zayd bin Yuthay‘ رضي الله عنهما)) narrate that ‘Alī (RA) made people swear in an open plain and asked anyone to stand up who had heard the Prophet (SAW) say something on the day of Ghadīr Khum. The narrator says: Six (men) from Sa‘īd’s side and six from Zayd’s side stood up and bore witness that they had heard the Prophet (SAW) say about ‘Alī (RA) on the day of Ghadīr Khum: Is Allāh not nearer than the lives of the believers? The people said: Why not! Then he said: O Allāh!

One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Be you his friend who befriends him (‘Alī), and be his enemy who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy.”[38] Hadīth No. 36 عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى، قال: شهدت عليا رضي الله عنه في الرحبة ينشد الناس: أنشد الله! من سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول يوم غدير خم: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه؟ لما قام فشهد.

قال عبد الرحمن: فقام أثنا عشر بدريا كأني أنظر إلى أحدهم، فقالوا: نشهد أنا سمعنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول يوم غدير خم: ألست أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم، وأزواجي أمهاتهم؟ فقلنا: بلى، يا رسول الله! قال: فمن كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم! وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه. “‘Abd-ur-Rahmān bin Abī Laylā narrates that I saw ‘Alī (RA) in a vast plain.

At that time he was asking people on oath that anyone who had heard the Messenger of Allāh (SAW) say on the day of Ghadīr Khum - one who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master - should stand up and bear witness. ‘Abd-ur-Rahmān said: At this twelve Badrī[39] (RA) stood up as I am looking at one of them.

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