Battle of Tabuk: Difference between revisions

Before living Medina, the Prophet (s) appointed [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] as his successor, or based on a report, as the guardian of his family in Medina. [[Munafiq|Munafiqun]] who had planned for riot, regarded the presence of Imam 'Ali (a) in Medina as a major obstacle in their way; therefore they started their propaganda against the Imam. They said "the Prophet (s) is not pleased with 'Ali, that is why he has left him in Medina". The effect of such propaganda was to the point that in order to thwart it, Imam 'Ali (a) met the Prophet (s) in [[Juruf]], somewhere near Median, and the Prophet (s) told him a phrase according to which, the kind of relation between the Prophet and Imam 'Ali is that of between Moses and Aaron, with the exception that there will not be any [[Prophethood]] after Prophet Muhammad (s). This narration, which later gained the title: [[Hadith al-Manzila]] (the saying of the Position), has been documented in traditional collections through numerous chains of transmission. Also this Prophetic saying has been cited as one of the decisive proofs for the immediate [[succession]] of Imam 'Ali after the Prophet (s). Interestingly, this was against the activities of Munafiqun shortly after the Prophet (s) had left Medina for a long journey.