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In [[9]]/[[630 CE|630]], the [[Battle of Tabuk]] took place, and the Prophet (s) left Ali (a) as his successor in Medina. This was the only battle in which Ali (a) was not present.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 4, p. 163; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 156.</ref> When certain rumors were disseminated by the Hypocrites as to the reason why Ali (a) was left in Medina, Ali (a) joined the Prophet (s), who had left Medina with the Muslim army, and informed him about the rumors. In response, the Prophet (s) told him, "Aren't you happy that you are to me like Aaron to Moses?"<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 926.</ref> This saying came to be known as the [[Hadith al-Manzila]].<ref>Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī'', vol. 5, p. 129; Muslim b. Ḥajjāj, ''Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim'', vol. 2, p. 1870-1871; Tirmidhī, ''Sunan'', vol. 5, p. 640-641; Suyūṭī, ''al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 3, p. 236-291.</ref> In the same year, Ali (a) was sent by the Prophet (s) on the mission to proclaim the first verses of [[Quran 9]] to the polytheists.<ref>Rajabī, "Imām ʿAlī dar ʿahd-i Payāmbar," p. 209.</ref> Ali (a) accomplished the mission in the afternoon of [[Eid al-Adha]].<ref>Shahīdī, "Zīstnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī," p. 211.</ref> On [[Dhu l-Hijja 24]], [[9]]/[[April 3]],[[631 CE|631]],<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Alī b. Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 3, p. 143.</ref> the Prophet (s), together with Ali (a), Fatima (a), al-Hasan (a), and al-Husayn (a) engaged in [[mubahala]] with a Christian delegation from [[Najran]].<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 2, p. 582; Rajabī, "Imām ʿAlī dar ʿahd-i Payāmbar," p. 213.</ref>  
In [[9]]/[[630 CE|630]], the [[Battle of Tabuk]] took place, and the Prophet (s) left Ali (a) as his successor in Medina. This was the only battle in which Ali (a) was not present.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 4, p. 163; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 156.</ref> When certain rumors were disseminated by the Hypocrites as to the reason why Ali (a) was left in Medina, Ali (a) joined the Prophet (s), who had left Medina with the Muslim army, and informed him about the rumors. In response, the Prophet (s) told him, "Aren't you happy that you are to me like Aaron to Moses?"<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 926.</ref> This saying came to be known as the [[Hadith al-Manzila]].<ref>Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī'', vol. 5, p. 129; Muslim b. Ḥajjāj, ''Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim'', vol. 2, p. 1870-1871; Tirmidhī, ''Sunan'', vol. 5, p. 640-641; Suyūṭī, ''al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 3, p. 236-291.</ref> In the same year, Ali (a) was sent by the Prophet (s) on the mission to proclaim the first verses of [[Quran 9]] to the polytheists.<ref>Rajabī, "Imām ʿAlī dar ʿahd-i Payāmbar," p. 209.</ref> Ali (a) accomplished the mission in the afternoon of [[Eid al-Adha]].<ref>Shahīdī, "Zīstnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī," p. 211.</ref> On [[Dhu l-Hijja 24]], [[9]]/[[April 3]],[[631 CE|631]],<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Alī b. Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 3, p. 143.</ref> the Prophet (s), together with Ali (a), Fatima (a), al-Hasan (a), and al-Husayn (a) engaged in [[mubahala]] with a Christian delegation from [[Najran]].<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 2, p. 582; Rajabī, "Imām ʿAlī dar ʿahd-i Payāmbar," p. 213.</ref>  


In [[10]]/[[632 CE|632]], the Prophet (s) send Ali (a) on a mission to call the people of [[Yemen]] to Islam.<ref>ʿAmilī, ''al-Ṣaḥīḥ min sīrat al-nabīyy'', vol. 4, p. 319.</ref> In the same year, the Prophet went on his [[Hajjat al-Wada'|last pilgrimage]] to Mecca,<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 2, p. 131; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 148; Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 1089.</ref> and Ali joined him in Mecca from Yemen.<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 7.</ref> After the [[hajj]], on his way back to Medina in an area called [[Ghadir Khumm]], the Prophet (s) proclaimed Ali to be his successor and the executor of his will.<ref>ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 1, p. 4.</ref> This event is known as the [[Event of Ghadir Khumm]]. Ali (a) was 33 years old at the time.
In [[10]]/631-2, the Prophet (s) send Ali (a) on a mission to call the people of [[Yemen]] to Islam.<ref>ʿAmilī, ''al-Ṣaḥīḥ min sīrat al-nabīyy'', vol. 4, p. 319.</ref> In the same year, the Prophet went on his [[Hajjat al-Wada'|last pilgrimage]] to Mecca,<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 2, p. 131; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 148; Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 1089.</ref> and Ali joined him in Mecca from Yemen.<ref>Maʿādīkhāh, ''Tārīkh-i Islām'', p. 7.</ref> After the [[hajj]], on his way back to Medina in an area called [[Ghadir Khumm]], the Prophet (s) proclaimed Ali to be his successor and the executor of his will.<ref>ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 1, p. 4.</ref> This event is known as the [[Event of Ghadir Khumm]]. Ali (a) was 33 years old at the time.


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