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== History of the Celebration == | == History of the Celebration == | ||
[[File:Eid al-Ghadir in Holy Shrine of Imam Ali.jpg|380px|thumbnail|right|Eid al-Ghadir in the [[Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a)]] in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. The photo is taken on [[November 3]], 2012 by Shia Waves.]] | [[File:Eid al-Ghadir in Holy Shrine of Imam Ali.jpg|380px|thumbnail|right|Eid al-Ghadir in the [[Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a)]] in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. The photo is taken on [[November 3]], 2012 by Shia Waves.]] | ||
Shi'a Muslims consider the day of Ghadir as one of the greatest eids since early Islam, and this day was famous among them as Eid al-Ghadir. In his book, [[al-Mas'udi]] (d. [[346]]/957-958) wrote that children and followers of [[Imam Ali (a)]] venerated this day.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''al-Tanbīh wa l-ishrāf'', p. 221.</ref> In a hadith, [[al-Kulayni]] (d. [[329]]/940-1) has narrated Shi'a's celebration of this day.<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 149.</ref> Therefore, it is clear that Eid al-Ghadir's celebration has been common in the 3rd/9th and 4th/10th centuries. | |||
Earlier, [[Fayyad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Tusi]] narrated a tradition which suggested that [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] celebrated the day of Ghadir.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 95, p. 322.</ref> Since Imam al-Rida (a) was living at the end of the second/ early 9th century, it becomes clear that the celebration of the day of Ghadir goes back early centuries of Islam. | Earlier, [[Fayyad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Tusi]] narrated a tradition which suggested that [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] celebrated the day of Ghadir.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 95, p. 322.</ref> Since Imam al-Rida (a) was living at the end of the second/ early 9th century, it becomes clear that the celebration of the day of Ghadir goes back early centuries of Islam. | ||