فقلدوه دينكم وأطيعوه في جميع أموركم...

فقلدوه دينكم وأطيعوه في جميع أموركم، فإن عنده جميع ما علمني الله وأمرني الله أن أعلمه إياه وأعلمكم أنه عنده، فاسألوه وتعلموا منه ومن أوصيائه بعده، ولا تعلموهم ولا تتقدموهم ولا تتخلفوا عنهم، فإنهم مع الحق والحق معهم لا يزايلوه ولا يزايلهم) So, emulate him -asws (do his -asws Taqleed), and obey him -asws in all of your affairs, for in his -asws possession is what Allah -azwj has Taught me -saww , and Commanded me -saww for, and I -saww have made it known to him -asws , and I -saww am letting you know that it is with him -asws .

So ask him -asws and learn from him -asws and from the successors -asws after him -asws , and do not try to teach them -asws nor precede them -asws not be left behind them -asws , for they -asws are with the truth and the truth is with them -asws , neither will they -asws leave it nor will it leave them -asws ’.

[42] قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ He said, ‘It was narrated to us by Qays Bin Al Rabi’e, from Abu Haroun, from Abu Saeed, أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمَّا دَعَا النَّاسَ بَعْدَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ أَمَرَ بِمَا كَانَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ مِنَ الشَّوْكِ فَقَامَ وَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَأَخَذَ بِضَبْعَيْهِ فَرَفَعَهُمَا حَتَّى نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ إِبْطَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ عَلَى إِكْمَالِ الدِّينِ وَ إِتْمَامِهِ وَ رِضَا الرَّبِّ تَعَالَى بِرِسَالَتِي وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِعَلِيٍّ ‘When Rasool-Allah -saww called the people after Ghadeer Khumm, he -saww ordered with (the sweeping) of the thorns which were beneath the tree, so he -saww stood, and that was on the day of Thursday.

He -saww called the people to Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , and he -saww grabbed his -asws forearms and raised them both to the extent the people looked at the whiteness of his -saww armpits. So they did not disperse until this Verse was 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] .

Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Allah -azwj is the Greatest, upon having Perfected the Religion and its completion, and the Exalted Lord -azwj is (now) Pleased with My -azwj age and the Wilayah for Ali -asws ’’.

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