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'''Eid al-Ghadīr''' (Arabic: {{ia|عید الغَدیر}}) is among important feasts and happy holidays of [[Shi'a]] held on [[Dhu l-Hijja 18]] at the time when, according to reports, the [[Prophet (s)]] appointed [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] as his [[caliph]] and the [[Imam]] after himself following an order from [[God]]. That event happened in the Prophet's (s) [[Farewell Hajj]] (Hajjat al-Wida'), in [[10 AH|10]]/632 in a place called [[Ghadir Khumm]].

In Shi'a [[hadith]]s, the anniversary has been called "Eid Allah al-Akbar" (the Greatest Eid of God),<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa'', vol. 8, p. 89.</ref> Eid of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]<ref>Sayyid b. Ṭāwūs, ''Iqbāl al-Aʿmāl'', vol. 2, p. 261.</ref> and "Ashraf al-A'yad" (Most Honorable Eid).<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 148.</ref> Shi'a celebrate this day around the world with various customs.

The [[Prophet (s)]] began his journey from [[Medina]] toward [[Mecca]] for [[hajj]] on [[Dhu l-Qa'da 24]] or [[Dhu l-Qa'da 25|25]] of [[10 AH|10]]/632 accompanied with thousands of people.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''al-Iḥtijāj'', vol. 1, p. 56; Ayāzī, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-majīd'', p. 148; Ḥalabī, ''al-Sīra al-Ḥalabīyya'', vol. 3, p. 360-361.</ref> Since that [[hajj]] was the last hajj of the Prophet (s), it was later called "[[Hajjat al-Wida']]". When hajj rituals finished and the Prophet (s) left Mecca toward Medina, they arrived at [[Ghadir Khumm]], on [[Dhu l-Hijja 18]] <ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārikh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 112.</ref>and In this place, [[Gabriel]] [[revelation|revealed]] the [[verse of Tabligh]] to the Prophet (s) and delivered him the order of [[God]] for appointment of [[Ali (a)]] as [[wilaya|Wali]] and [[khilafa|Wasi]] (successor) after the Prophet (s) and announcing it to people.<ref>Ayāzī, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-majīd'', p. 184; ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 1, p. 332.</ref>

:: '''God is my wali (guardian), and I am wali of the believers; I have wilaya over them more than they have over themselves. So anyone I am his wali, Ali (a) is his wali.'''

:: "the day of Ghadir Khumm is the best eid of my [[umma]] (people), and that is the day God the Almighty ordered to appoint my brother Ali b. Abi Talib (a) as the standard-bearer of my umma; so that, he will guide people after I pass away, and that is the day God perfected the religion and completed blessings upon my umma and chose [[Islam]] as their religion."<ref>Ṣadūq, ''al-Amālī'', p. 125.</ref>

::"the day of Ghadir Khumm is the grand Eid of God. God has not sent any [[Prophethood|prophet]] unless he has celebrated this eid and has glorified it. And its name in the heavens is the day of covenant and on the earth is the day of solemn covenant and public presence."<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa'', vol. 8, p. 89.</ref>

In another hadith from Imam al-Sadiq (a), he regarded Eid al-Ghadir as the greatest and most glorious eid of Muslims, in every hour of which, they need to thank God; and that people [[fast]] the day to show their gratitude and that fasting the day equals sixty years of worship."<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa'', vol.10, p.443.</ref>

* Reciting the [[Text:Ziyara Amin Allah|Ziyarah Amin Allah]]

* Reciting [[Text:Al-Nudba Supplication|Du'a al-Nudba]]