Eid al-Ghadir: Difference between revisions

==Event of Ghadir==

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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]]/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>