Salamun alaykum,
Heartiest Felicitations on the Happy and Auspicious Occasion of Eid ul Ghadeer
Alhamdulillahil ladhi ja’alana minal mutamassikina bi wilayati amiril m’uminina wal aimmati ‘alayhimus salaam.
(All praise is due to Allah for having enabled us to be from those who hold to the leadership of Amirul Muminin and the Imams a.s.)
How did he receive the news? :
After holy prophet had delivered the important message at the junction of Ghadeer Khum , on the 18th Dhulhija 10 A.H, the news quickly spread over all urban and rural areas.
When Harith ibn Numan al-Fahri came to know of it he rode his she-camel and came to Madina to see the Holy Prophet. On reaching his destination he made the she-camel sit, alighted from it, approached the Holy Prophet and said: "You commanded us to testify that there is no god but Allah and that you are the messenger of Allah. We obeyed you. You ordered us to say prayers five times a day and we obeyed. You directed us to pay zakat and we obeyed. You ordered us to observe fasts during Ramadan and we obeyed. Then you commanded us to perform pilgrimage to kabah and we obeyed. But you are not satisfied with all this and you raised your cousin by the hand and imposed him upon us as our master by saying: 'Ali is the mawla of whom I am mawla' Is this imposition from you or from Allah?"
The Holy Prophet said: "By Allah who is the only God, this is from Allah, the mighty, the glorious."
He asked for a chastisement:
On hearing this Harith turned back and proceeded towards his she-camel saying:
"O Allah, if what Muhammad says is true then fling on us a stone from the sky and make us suffer severe pain and torture."
He had not yet reached his she-camel when a stone came at him and struck him on his head, penetrated into his body leaving him dead.
It was on this occasion that Allah revealed thee verses of Suratul Ma-arij (70:1) : was revealed : “He(the questioner) demanded for a chastisement which must befall.”
How do we take the news?
Bihamdillah we are blessed to be from the ummah which has received the news of Ghadeer. We hold dearly to the message of wilayah and celebrate this in our daily lives. The recitation of the shahada of Amirul Muminin in the Adhan and Iqamah is one way we revive this news in our daily lives.
The question:
A point to reflect upon is that: Is this celebrations of Eid ul Ghadeer and the declaration of shahada of Amirul Muminin only that is required from us or is there more to what is expected of us to lead in our daily lives?
Wa ma tawfiqi illa billah
With salaams and duas
Fazle Abbas Datoo
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Resident Alim
Wessex Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat
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Wessex Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat. Al Mahdi, Wickham Road, Fareham, Hampshire . PO17 5BU. Reg. Charity Number: 1010076. Tel: 01329 832537. Fax: 02392-529766
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: Jamaat Web Site: www.almahdi.org.uk: Project Web Site: www.almahdi.org.uk/almahdiproject
Member of the Council of European Jamaats
Member of Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board
