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'''Revelation of the Verse Ikmal al-Din [Perfection of Religion]''' | '''Revelation of the Verse Ikmal al-Din [Perfection of Religion]''' | ||
[[File:آیه اکمال از آیات غدیر.png|thumbnail|Verse of Ikmal]] | [[File:آیه اکمال از آیات غدیر.png|thumbnail|Verse of Ikmal]] | ||
After the sermon of the Prophet (s), verse 3 of Sura Ma'ida was revealed to him which show the importance of this day. Disappointment of disbelievers from [[Islam]], perfection of religious teachings, completion of blessings of God and God's pleasure in Islam to be the ultimate religion of people. | After the sermon of the Prophet (s), verse 3 of Sura Ma'ida was revealed to him<ref>Bahrani, ''Kashf al-muhimm'', p.227</ref> which show the importance of this day. Disappointment of disbelievers from [[Islam]], perfection of religious teachings, completion of blessings of God and God's pleasure in Islam to be the ultimate religion of people.<ref>Tabataba'i, ''Al-Mizan'', vol.5 p.181; Makarim, ''Tafsir-i nimunih'', vol.4 p.258</ref> | ||
This verse, according to some scholars, mentioned the last duty in Islam and no other obligation is mentioned after that. Also the Prophet (s), after this verse revealed to him, praised God for perfection of religion. Since that time, there was no ruling left to perfect religion and disappoint disbelievers, announcement of the Wilaya of 'Ali (a) was the only issue which had all these advantages as some hadiths have mentioned this. | This verse, according to some scholars, mentioned the last duty in Islam and no other obligation is mentioned after that.<ref>'Ayyashi, ''Al-Tafsir'', vol.1 p.293; Qummi, ''Tafsir'', vol.1 p.162; Razi, ''Tafsir al-Razi'', vol.11 p.288</ref> Also the Prophet (s), after this verse revealed to him, praised God for perfection of religion.<ref>Suyuti, ''Al-Durr al-manthur'', vol.2 p.259</ref> Since that time, there was no ruling left to perfect religion and disappoint disbelievers, announcement of the Wilaya of 'Ali (a) was the only issue which had all these advantages<ref>Tabataba'i, ''Al-Mizan'', vol.5 p.168-175</ref> as some hadiths have mentioned this.<ref>'Ayyashi, ''Al-Tafsir'', vol.1 p.293</ref> | ||
Opposite to this view, some believe that perfection of religion was due to perfection of religious rulings by mentioning the rulings which meet the needs of future Muslims and thus no new religion is needed to come; while, this is not true and perfection of rulings is not related to disappointment of disbelievers in apostasy and return of Muslims to disbelief, since many disbelievers hoped that after the Prophet (s) passed away, his religion would also be forgotten after a while, but announcement of a [[successor]] after the Prophet (s) disappointed them. Moreover, the outward power of Islam was revealed on the day of conquering [[Mecca]] not in 10 AH/632 when the event of Ghadir Khum took place. Therefore, perfection of religion was not due to exposure of the outward power of Islam on that day but some other reasons which were mentioned above. | Opposite to this view, some believe that perfection of religion was due to perfection of religious rulings by mentioning the rulings which meet the needs of future Muslims and thus no new religion is needed to come;<ref>Tabari, ''Jami' al-bayan'', vol.5 p.51</ref> while, this is not true and perfection of rulings is not related to disappointment of disbelievers in apostasy and return of Muslims to disbelief, since many disbelievers hoped that after the Prophet (s) passed away, his religion would also be forgotten after a while, but announcement of a [[successor]] after the Prophet (s) disappointed them.<ref>Tabataba'i, ''Al-Mizan'', vol.5 p.284</ref> Moreover, the outward power of Islam was revealed on the day of conquering [[Mecca]] not in 10 AH/632 when the event of Ghadir Khum took place. Therefore, perfection of religion was not due to exposure of the outward power of Islam on that day but some other reasons which were mentioned above.<ref>Tabataba'i, ''Al-Mizan'', vol.5 p.279</ref> | ||
'''Verses at the Beginning of the Sura Ma'arij''' | '''Verses at the Beginning of the Sura Ma'arij''' | ||
After [[the Prophet (s)]] announced the issue of 'Ali's (a) [[Wilaya]] to people, a person called [[Nu'man b. Harith Fihri]] came to the Prophet (s) and objected that, "You ordered us to acknowledge Unity of God, your prophethood, performing Jihad, [[hajj]], [[fasting]], [[prayer]] and giving [[Zakat]] and we accepted. But, you were not satisfied with this much until you appointed this young man as our [[Wali]]. Is this appointment your own decision or from God?!" As soon as the Prophet (s) answered him that it was God's order, the man asked God disdainfully that if this order was from God, a stone should fall on his head from the sky. Then, a stone fell from the sky on his head and he dropped dead and the [[verse]] at the Beginning of the [[Sura Ma'arij]] were then revealed, "An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall" (70:1) | After [[the Prophet (s)]] announced the issue of 'Ali's (a) [[Wilaya]] to people, a person called [[Nu'man b. Harith Fihri]] came to the Prophet (s) and objected that, "You ordered us to acknowledge Unity of God, your prophethood, performing Jihad, [[hajj]], [[fasting]], [[prayer]] and giving [[Zakat]] and we accepted. But, you were not satisfied with this much until you appointed this young man as our [[Wali]]. Is this appointment your own decision or from God?!" As soon as the Prophet (s) answered him that it was God's order, the man asked God disdainfully that if this order was from God, a stone should fall on his head from the sky. Then, a stone fell from the sky on his head and he dropped dead and the [[verse]] at the Beginning of the [[Sura Ma'arij]] were then revealed,<ref>Tabrisi, Majma' al-bayan, vol.10 p.530; Qurtubi, ''Al-Jami' '', vol.19 p.278; Tha'labi, ''Al-Kashf wa al-bayan'', vol.10 p.35</ref> "An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall" (70:1) | ||
[[Shi'a]] believe that this person did not understand from the hadith but the caliphate of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] after the Prophet (s), otherwise, if he only understood the Prophet's (s) request of people to love Imam 'Ali (a), he would not be bothered from the Prophet's (s) announcement which would require such a grave punishment for him. | [[Shi'a]] believe that this person did not understand from the hadith but the caliphate of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] after the Prophet (s), otherwise, if he only understood the Prophet's (s) request of people to love Imam 'Ali (a), he would not be bothered from the Prophet's (s) announcement which would require such a grave punishment for him. | ||