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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]]; when according to reports, the noble [[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) [[Hajjat al-Wida']] (the Farewell Hajj), in [[10]]/632 in a place called [[Ghadir Khumm]]. | '''Eid al-Ghadīr''' (Arabic: {{ia|عید الغَدیر}}) is among important feasts and happy holidays of [[Shi'a]] held on [[Dhu l-Hijja 18]]; when according to reports, the noble [[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) [[Hajjat al-Wida']] (the Farewell Hajj), in [[10]]/632 in a place called [[Ghadir Khumm]]. | ||
In | 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. | ||
==Event of Ghadir== | ==Event of Ghadir== | ||