[4] Declaration of Al-Wilayah of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib...

[4] Declaration of Al-Wilayah of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws at Ghadeer e Khum He -asws (Amir-Al-Momineen -asws ) said: ‘I -asws adjure you to Allah -azwj regarding the Words of Allah -azwj : O you who believe!

Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59] , and His -azwj Words: But rather, Allah is your Guardian, and His Rasool and those who are believing, those who are establishing the Salat and are giving the Zakat while they are performing Ruku [5:55] ; then Said: And neither take from besides Allah, nor His Rasool, nor the Momineen, a confidant [9:16] . So, the people said, ‘O Rasool Allah -saww !

Is it in particular for some of the Momineen or generally for all of them?’ So Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded His -azwj Rasool -saww that he -saww teaches them regarding the ones for whom the Verses were Revealed, and that he -saww should interpret about the ‘Wilayah’ just as he -saww had interpreted to them of their Salat s, and their Soam s, and their Zakat , and their Hajj.

So he -saww nominated me -asws at Ghadeer e Khum and said: ‘Allah -azwj Sent me -saww with a Message which constricted my -saww chest and I -saww thought that the people would belie me -saww . So He -azwj Promised me -saww that I -saww should preach it or else He -azwj would Punish me -saww . Arise! O Ali -asws !’. Then he -saww called for the congregational Salat , so we all Prayed with him -asws Al-Zohar Salat , then he -saww said: ‘O you people!

Surely Allah -azwj is my -saww Master, and I -saww am the Master of the believers and foremost to them than their own selves. Indeed! The one whose Master I -saww was, so Ali -asws is his Master. O Allah -azwj ! Befriend the one who befriends him -asws , and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him -asws , and Help the one who helps him -asws and Abandon the one who abandons him -asws ’.

So Salman Al-Farsi -ra stood up in front of him -saww and said, ‘O Rasool Allah -saww , befriend him -asws like what?’ He -saww said: ‘Befriend him -asws like you -as are befriending me -saww . The one to whom I -saww am foremost than his own self, so Ali -asws is foremost to him than his own self’, and Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3] ’.