#Ghadeer_Khumm
#غدير_خم #غدیر_خم

After understanding and acknowledging the message of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) in the heart, one must put it in practice in his/her life. Calling people toward the truth by self-practice is the most beautiful and the most effective method of propagating the truth, which protects the message on a practical level and keeps it alive in the community.

The covenant taken by the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) from all people who eventually hear the sermon includes the following verbal declarations:

1- We heard and understood the divine message concerning the authority and the rights of Molana ameerol Momineen Alimam Ali (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and the Imams of his offspring.
2- We pledge our fealty to them by our hearts, our souls, our tongues, and our hands.
3- We are satisfied with the message and submit to it.
4- We will never deny it, nor will we break the covenant.
5- We will never doubt it.
6- We will obey it by our actions.
7- We will live and die with this belief.
8- We will never change nor replace its instructions.
9- We will convey it to our children, family, and friends, near or far.
10- We take Allah as witness to this covenant, and His Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY), Allah’s Angels, His forces, and His servants, and anyone who obeyed it.
According to the saying of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY), this covenant is taken by the order of Allah, and anyone who pledges his allegiance to him, Imam Ali, and the infallible Imams of his progeny according to the terms of the covenant has indeed pledged his allegiance to Allah, the mighty and the majestic. This fact is also verified by the Holy Quran.

The Messenger of Allah (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) stated that those who precede others in acknowledging their covenant with Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and the Imams after him and truly believe in their guardianship are those who succeed in attaining the gardens of bliss.

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The sermon of Ghadeer Khom confirms the following rights and virtues of Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and the Imams after him:

1- Allah has decreed absolute authority for them over the believers, and thus, just like the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY), all their commands must be obeyed unconditionally.

2- Like the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY), they have priority over people, and they have more rights over the believers than what they have over their own souls. They should be preferred over others (in position, sayings, ideas, commands, etc.) for Allah has preferred them.

3- Allah has made them the leaders of the believers and the medium of divine guidance after the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY). They guide people towards the pleasure of Allah, keep them from His disobedience and His wrath, and lead them to Paradise.

4- Allah has made them the guardians of the faithful, who protect their close adherents from evil and misguidance.

5- They are the “Straight Path” of Allah, whom people are ordered to follow.

6- They have all the knowledge of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY). Allah has placed the knowledge of everything in them. They are the inheritors of all branches of knowledge. Particularly, they possess the complete knowledge of religion. They are authorized to expound the religion and explain its commandments and prohibitions.

7- Allah has authorized them to interpret the Holy Quran and to explain its meaning after the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY). No one knows its interpretations, its hidden warnings, and its mysteries except through them. They guide people to the truth of the Quran and call them to it.

8- They are the executors of the will of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) and the deputies of his affairs (Wasi). Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) was the greatest in virtue and rank among the deputies of all the prophets (most of whom were prophets themselves) just as the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) was the greatest among all prophets (PBUT).

9- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) is the most virtuous amongst the creation of Allah so long as creation exists.

10- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) was foremost in accepting Islam and worshipping Allah.

11- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) fought against the enemies of Allah by His command and was the greatest helper of religion.

12- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) was the greatest aid and defender of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY). He fought on his behalf and offered his life as a sacrifice for him. His relation to the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) was that of Aaron to Moses (PBUT).

13- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) was the dearest and the closest to the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY). He is from the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY), and the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) is from him. The Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) called him his brother.

14- The title of “the Commander of the Believers” exclusively belongs to him.

15- Allah and His Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) are pleased with him. All verses of the Holy Quran that express Allah’s satisfaction or praise in their ideal sense have been revealed about him.

16- The divine light, the divine guidance, and the divine leadership have been placed in Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali and the Imams from his descendants up to Imam Mahdi, the last divinely appointed Imam. The earth will never lack an Imam until the Day of Judgement.

17- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali and the Imams of his descendents are the trustees of Allah, His appointed judges, the vessels of divine knowledge[12], the greatest proofs of Allah among His creation, and His exhaustive arguments against them.

18- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali and the pure members of his progeny constitute one of the two weighty symbols besides the Holy Quran. If people adhere to both, they will be never misled. Each one of the two guides to the other and agrees with it.

19- Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali and the Imams of his progeny are the most learned about the religion. The lawful and unlawful things are only those that the book of Allah, the Messenger, and the Imams, have declared so, respectively.

20- The last Imam of his descendants, the Mahdi , shall establish the global kingdom of justice. He will revive Allah’s religion, and will overcome all religions and ideas. He will annihilate falsehood, will purify the earth from the enemies of Allah, will avenge the blood of all the friends of Allah, and will re-establish the rights of Allah, the Prophet , and his family.

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O people! Believe in Allah and His Messenger and the light that was sent down with him,“before We alter faces then turn them on their backs or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath breakers.”.

By Allah! No one is intended by this latter verse except a certain group of my companions whom I know by their names and their lineage, yet, I have been ordered to ignore them.
O people! The light created by Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has been placed in me, then in Ali, and then in his select descendants up to al-Qaaem al-Mahdi, who shall re-establish the right of Allah as well as all our rights, because Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has made us His exhaustive argument against the neglectful, the stubborn, the dissenters, the treacherous, the sinful, the unjust, and the usurpers from all worlds.

O people! I warn you that I am the Messenger of Allah. There have been messengers before me who came and passed away.Then, should I die or be killed, will you turn back on your heels? And whoever turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah in the least, and Allah shall soon reward the grateful, who observe patience.
Behold! Ali is surely the one described with patience and gratitude, so are after him my offspring from his loins.

O people! Do not think that you are doing a favor to Allah by accepting Islam lest His wrath should descend upon you, and lest He should afflict you with His punishment; surely He is ever-watching.

O people! There shall soon be leaders after me who shall invite people to the Fire, and on the Day of Judgement they shall not be helped. O people! Indeed, Allah and I are both clear of them.

O people! They, their supporters, their followers, and their adherents shall be in the lowest depths of the Fire; and evil, indeed, is the abode of the arrogant.
Know that these are, indeed, the People of the Sheet; so, let each one of you look into his own sheet of deeds!”

Imam Muhammad alBaghir (PEACE BE UPON HIM ), here states that except for a small band who themselves were the People of the Sheet, most people did not comprehend the issue of sheet.

O people! I leave the authority after me as Imama (leadership) inherited in my offspring until the Day of Judgement. Certainly, I just conveyed what I have been ordered to convey as an argument against everyone, be him present or absent, a direct witness or not, and already born or not yet born.

Hence, everyone who is present should convey this sermon to those who are absent, every parent should convey it to his/her children, and they should continue to do so, until the Day of Judgement.

But, I have been informed that some people shall replace this divinely-assigned leadership. with kingdom through usurpation. May Allah curse the usurpers and dispossessors.
And then, “We will soon settle your affairs, O the two weights.”. And also, “on you O the two greatest enemies shall be launched a flame of fire and a flash of molten brass, thus you shall never prevail.”

O people! Without doubt, Allah, the mighty and the majestic, does not leave you in the state you are now, until He separates the evil from the good ones. Nor does He make you acquainted with the knowledge of the unseen.

O people! There shall be no wrongful community but that Allah shall perish it due to the rejection of truth by its people.

Such is what Allah, the exalted, mentioned in His book as to how He destroys the wrongful societies. This is your leader and your guardian, and these are Allah's promises. Verily, Allah fulfills His promise.

O people! Most of the early generations before you have strayed, and surely, Allah destroyed them. He shall be the One who destroys the later generations too.
Allah, the exalted, states: “Did We not destroy the former generations? So shall We follow the same for later generations. Such is how We treat the guilty. Woe on that Day to the rejecters of truth!”

O people! Allah gave me the commandments and the prohibitions, and I gave them to Ali by the order of Allah. Hence, the knowledge of all commandments and prohibitions are with him. Thus, listen to his orders so that you remain safe, obey him so that you are guided, and leave what he prohibits so that you become mature. Conform to what he wants, and do not let different paths separate you from his path.

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Here are some statistical facts about the sermon:

- The Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) explicitly mentioned the name of Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) in his sermon about forty times besides many more instances that he (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) referred to him by pronoun.
- He (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) repeatedly used the following titles for Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) in this sermon :
- Wali and Mawla (guardian) fifteen times.
- Imam (leader) twelve times.
- Amir (commander) seven times.
- Wasi (executor of the will and deputy of the affairs) seven times.
- Akh (brother) four times.
- Khalifa (successor) three times.
- Hadi (guide) three times.
- The Prophet explicitly mentioned the word Aemma (Imams), referring to the eleven Imams after Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ), nine times in his sermon.
- The sermon also refers to over one hundred verses of the Holy Quran concerning Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and his authority, his followers, and their enemies.
- The number of sentences categorized by some important subjects of the sermon is as follows:
- Over fifty sentences on the Walaya of Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ).
- Twenty sentences about his virtues, yet stressing that it is impossible to enumerate all his virtues in the sermon.
- Twenty-five sentences about the followers (Shia) of Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and their enemies.
- Ten sentences on the Walaya of the Imams (PBUT) after him.
- Twenty sentences specifically about Imam Mahdi (PEACE BE UPON HIM ), the last divinely appointed Imam who will establish the divine government on earth at the end of time.
- Twelve sentences about the importance of the Quran, and introducing Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and his children as its exclusive authorized interpreters.
- Ten sentences on urging people to pledge their fealty to Molana Ameerol momenen Alimam Ali(PEACE BE UPON HIM ) and the Imams after him from his offspring.

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O people! Know that Allah has assigned him (that is to say Molana ammeerol Momineen, Ali) as a guardian and a leader for you,whose obedience is obligatory for the immigrants, the helpers, and those who follow them in goodness,and for everyone, whether nomad or city resident, Arab or non-Arab, free or slave,young or old, white or black, and for every monotheist.

His decree, that is to say Molana ammeerol Momineen, Ali's decree is to be carried out, his saying is sanctioned as law, and his command is effective. Cursed is whoever opposes him, blessed with mercy is whoever follows him, faithful is whoever acknowledges his virtues and rights.Indeed, Allah has covered him and those who listen to him and obey him with mercy and forgiveness.

O people! This is the last stand I make in this gathering; Thus, listen, obey, and submit to the command of your Lord, for Allah, the mighty and the majestic, is your master, then His Messenger, Muhammad, who is now addressing you, is your master. Then, after me, Ali is your master and your leader by the command of Allah, your Lord. Then, leadership shall be in my progeny, within his offspring, until the Day you meet Allah and His Messenger. Nothing is lawful except what Allah declared so in His book, as well as His Messenger, and them (That is to say, the twelve infallible Imams) and nothing is unlawful except Allah declared so in His book, as well as His Messenger, and them. for Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has informed me of the permissible and the forbidden things,and I have made known to him (That is to say, Molana ammeerol Momineen, Ali) what my Lord has taught me of His Book, the permissible, and the forbidden things.

O people! There is no knowledge except that Allah has kept its account in the heart of me,and I have recorded the details of all the knowledge that I was taught, in the heart of the leader of the pious,Ali (PEACE BE UPON HIM ). Certainly, there is no knowledge except that I have taught it to Ali, and he is the evident Imam whom Allah mentions in the Chapter of Yasin: “... And We have kept the detailed account of everything in an evident Imam.”.

O people! Do not stray from him, nor should you flee from him, nor should you refuse his guardianship and his authority, for he is the one who guides to truth and acts upon it, and crushes falsehood and proscribes it, accepting no blame, in the path of Allah, from any blamer. He is the first to believe in Allah and in His Messenger; and he is the one who offered his life as a sacrifice for the Messenger of Allah. I commanded him, on behalf of Allah, to sleep in my bed, and he did it to sacrifice himself for me. He was with the Messenger of Allah when no one among men worshipped Allah in the company of His Messenger other than him.

O people! Prefer him over all others, for Allah has indeed preferred him, and turn to him, for Allah has indeed appointed him as your guide.

O people! He is an Imam authorized by Allah, and Allah shall never turn to anyone in mercy who denies his authority, nor shall He ever forgive him;this is a decisive decree by Allah that He shall do so to anyone who opposes His command about him, and shall torment him with the most painful torment, which lasts forever and ever.

Hence, beware lest you oppose him, and thus, arrive at a fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

O people! By Allah, all early prophets and messengers have given the glad tiding of my advent. I am the seal of the prophets and the messengers, and the proof of Allah over all the creatures, of the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths. He who doubts this, is indeed a disbeliever, with the disbelief of the early era of ignorance. And he who doubts anything of what I have said this day, has doubted all that has been revealed to me. And anyone who doubts any of the Imams, has doubted them all, and anyone who doubts us, shall be in the Fire.

O people! Allah, the mighty and the majestic, has bestowed this virtue upon me out of His kindness and His grace. And there is no god but He. My praise is for Him forever and ever, and in all circumstances.

O people! Prefer Ali over all others, for he is the best of the people, men or women, after me so long as Allah sends down His sustenance and and so long as the creation exists.

Under curse and again under curse, under wrath and again under wrath, is he who rejects this saying of mine and does not does not agree with it. Certainly, Gabriel has informed me of this from Allah, the most high, Who also said: “Anyone who bears enmity against Ali and refuses his authority, for him shall be My curse and My wrath.”. Thus, every soul should look to what he has sent forth for the morrow. Be watchful of your duty towards Allah lest you should oppose Him and you foot should slip after its stability.
Verily, Allah is well-acquainted with all that you do.

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Different pieces of the sermon of the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) at the pond of Khum are found separately in many books narrated through numerous Shia and Bakree authorities. However, the most complete text of the sermon that has reached us, which covers most aforementioned pieces, is found in a number of books of traditions; the most distinguished of those which have been preserved to this date, is al-Ihtijaj, compiled by Ahmad Ibn Ali al-Tabarsi, an outstanding Shia scholar who lived in the 5th century AH.

Since various parts of this speech have been reported in numerous earlier books of traditions, the most comprehensive text available in al-Ihtijaj, is classified as parallel or frequent (Mutawatir). Thus, it should be relied upon irrespective of its chain of narrators.

Al-Tabarsi has often omitted the chain of the narrators of the traditions in his book, because as he stressed, he only narrated traditions that were famous among the Shia traditionists before him. However, due to the importance of the Sermon of Ghadir, al-Tabarsi has quoted the chain of the narrators for this tradition in al-Ihtijaj, which constitutes the following sound authorities traced back to Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PEACE BE UPON HIM ), the fifth divinely appointed Imam of guidance after the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY):

حَدَّثَنِي السَّيِّدُ الْعَالِمُ الْعَابِدُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْبٍ الْحُسَيْنِيُّ الْمَرْعَشِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ «1» قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الشَّيْخِ السَّعِيدِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطُّوسِيِّ «2» رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الشَّيْخُ السَّعِيدُ الْوَالِدُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ «3» قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَمَاعَةٌ عَن أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ «4» قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ «5» قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيٌّ السُّورِيُّ «6» قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيُّ «7» مِنْ وُلْدِ الْأَفْطَسِ وَ كَانَ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْهَمْدَانِيُّ «8» قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِد الإحتجاج على أهل اللجاج (للطبرسي)، ج‏1، ص: 56
الطَّيَالِسِيُّ «1» قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيْفُ بْنُ عَمِيرَةَ «2» وَ صَالِحُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ «3» جَمِيعاً عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سِمْعَانَ «4» عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ «5» عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع ‏
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The detailed sermon, with few minor differences in wording, has been reported in the following books as well:

1- al-Yaqin, Sayyid Ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH), pp. 343-361, narrated from Imam al-Baqir (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) with the following chain of narrators:

حدثنا أحمد بن محمد الطبري قال أخبرني محمد بن أبي بكر بن عبد الرحمن قال حدثني الحسن بن علي أبو محمد الدينوري قال حدثنا محمد بن موسى الهمداني قال حدثنا محمد بن خالد الطيالسي قال حدثنا سيف بن عميرة عن عقبة عن قيس بن سمعان عن علقمة بن محمد الحضرمي عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي ع.

2- Rawdhat al-Wa’idhin, Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Fattal al-Nishaburi (d. 508), part 1, pp. 89-99, narrated from Imam al-Baqir (PEACE BE UPON HIM ), with the chain of narrators omitted by the author due to its popularity in the scholastic circles.

3- Iqbal al-A’mal, Sayyid Ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH), pp. 454-457, narrated from Hudhaifa Ibn Yaman, through the Sunni authorities with the following chain of narrators:
اعلم أن ما نذكر في هذا الفصل ما رواه أيضا مخالفو الشيعة المعتمد عليهم في النقل فمن ذلك ما رواه عنهم مصنف كتاب الخالص المسمى بالنشر و الطي و جعله حجة ظاهرة باتفاق العدو و الولي و حمل به نسخة إلى الملك شاه مازندران رستم بن علي لما حضره بالري فقال فيما رواه عن رجالهم فصل: و عن أحمد بن محمد بن علي المهلب أخبرنا الشريف أبو القاسم علي بن محمد بن علي بن القاسم الشعراني عن أبيه حدثنا سلمة بن الفضل الأنصاري عن أبي مريم عن قيس بن حنان عن عطية السعدي عن حذيفة بن اليمان‏.

4- al-Tahsin, Sayyid Ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH), p. 584, narrated from Zaid Ibn Arqam, through the Sunni authorities with the following chain of narrators:
أبو المفضل محمد بن عبد الله الشيباني قال أخبرنا أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبري و هارون بن عيسى بن السكين البلدي قالا حدثنا حميد بن الربيع الخزاز قال حدثنا يزيد بن هارون قال حدثنا نوح بن مبشر قال حدثنا الوليد بن صالح عن ابن امرأة زيد بن أرقم و عن زيد بن أرقم‏.
Unless otherwise specified in the endnotes and shown by brackets and marks in the text, the presented Arabic text of the sermon and its English translation are according to the original text of al-Ihtijaj, Ahmad Ibn Ali al-Tabarsi, vol. 1, pp. 56-66, narrated from Imam al-Baqir (PEACE BE UPON HIM ). The phrases within the brackets are either the extra phrases that only appear in the other books named above, or preferred lexically among different phrases with similar meanings given in the above-mentioned documents.

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Being grateful to the benefactor for his favors is a matter of rational necessity. The wiser the servant, the more gratitude he expresses in words and actions to his master. Allah states in the Holy Quran:

وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْنا لُقْمانَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ وَ مَنْ يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّما يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَميد.

“We indeed bestowed wisdom upon Luqman: ‘Be grateful to Allah.’ Certainly, whoever is grateful does so to the profit of his own soul, but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants and is abundantly praised.”[29]

In addition, the greater the favor, the more appreciation that is due. Divine guardianship (al-Walaya) is the greatest favor that Allah has bestowed upon His creation. The more gratitude that someone expresses to Allah by adhering to it, the more benefit he receives from it. On the other hand, the more someone rejects Allah’s mercy, the more he is entitled to His curse, which lies in the absence of His mercy and protection. Allah states:

لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزيدَنَّكُمْ وَ لَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذابي‏ لَشَديد.

“If you are grateful, I will increase your (benefits from My favor); but if you show ingratitude, truly My torment is intense indeed.”[30]

On the anniversary of the event of Ghadir Khum, Imam al-Sadiq (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) praised and thanked Allah, saying:


اللَّهُمَّ سَمِعْنَا وَ أَطَعْنَا وَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَكَ بِمَنِّكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ صَدَّقْنَا وَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ وَ اتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فِي مُوَالَاةِ مَوْلَانَا وَ مَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِهِ وَ الصِّدِّيقِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَى بَرِيَّتِهِ الْمُؤَيَّدِ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُ وَ دِينُهُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ عَلَماً لِدِينِ اللَّهِ وَ خَازِناً لِعِلْمِهِ وَ عَيْبَةِ غَيْبِ اللَّهِ وَ مَوْضِعِ سِرِّ اللَّهِ وَ أَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ شَاهِدِهِ فِي بَرِيَّتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّنا سَمِعْنا مُنادِياً يُنادِي لِلْإِيمانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنا فَاغْفِرْ لَنا ذُنُوبَنا وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئاتِنا وَ تَوَفَّنا مَعَ الْأَبْرارِ رَبَّنا وَ آتِنا ما وَعَدْتَنا عَلى‏ رُسُلِكَ وَ لا تُخْزِنا يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ إِنَّكَ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ فَإِنَّا يَا رَبَّنَا بِمَنِّكَ وَ لُطْفِكَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَكَ وَ اتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ وَ صَدَّقْنَاهُ وَ صَدَّقْنَا مَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ كَفَرْنَا بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ فَوَلِّنَا مَا تَوَلَّيْنَا وَ احْشُرْنَا مَعَ أَئِمَّتِنَا فَإِنَّا بِهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ مُوقِنُونَ وَ لَهُمْ مُسَلِّمُون‏ ...

“O Allah! We listened, obeyed, and answered the caller from You due to Your favor. Thus, praise belongs to You. We seek Your forgiveness, our Lord, and towards Your (reward or punishment) is the eventual turn.[31] We believed in Allah, who is Unique and has no partner, believed in His Messenger, Muhammad, answered the caller of Allah and followed the Messenger in adhering to our master, the commander and the guardian of the believers, Ali Ibn Ali Talib. He is the servant of Allah, the brother of His Prophet, the most truthful, His exhaustive argument against His creation, the supporter of His Prophet, and His true and clear religion. He is a flag of the religion of Allah, the treasurer of His (issued) knowledge, the chest of what is hidden by Allah, the place of His secrets, and the trustee of Allah and His witness over His creation.

O Allah! We have heard the call of one calling (us) to faith, ‘Believe in Your Lord,’ thus we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our evil deeds, and take our souls in the company of the righteous. Our Lord! Grant us what You promised to us through Your messengers, and disgrace us not on the Day of Judgement, for You never break Your promise.[32]

Surely it was by Your favor and Your grace that we acknowledged the Prophet and the Commander of the Believers (Ali), and disbelieved in al-Jibt and al-Taghut.[33] Thus, keep us attached to what we have adhered to. Resurrect us with our Imams, for we believe in them, have confidence in their (authorities and virtues), and are submissive before them …”[34]

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I confess before Him that submissiveness befits my soul, and I bear witness that Lordship befits Him. I convey what He revealed to me, lest should I not do it, He may make lawful that a calamity befalls me; that which no one can turn away from me even if he has great schemes and sincere friendship, for there is no god but He. He has informed me that if I do not convey what He has revealed to me about Ali's right, it is as if I have not conveyed His message at all. Certainly, He, the most holy, the most high, has guaranteed for me protection from the evil of people, and He is Allah, Who is sufficient and bountiful.

Thus, He revealed to me this verse: “In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. O Messenger! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord-regarding Ali ebne Abee Talib and his leadership-and if you do not, you have not conveyed His message at all, and Allah shall protect you from evil people.”

O people! I have never been neglectful of conveying what Allah, the exalted, sent down to me, and I shall now explain to you the reason behind the revelation of this verse. Verily, Gabriel came down to me three times giving the order of my Lord, Who is the security of the believers, that I should stand in this scene and inform everyone, white and black, that:

Ali ebne Abee Talib is my brother, my deputy and the executor of my affairs (Wassee), my successor over my nation (Khaleefa), and the leader (Imam) after me, whose position to me is like that of Aaron to Moses except that there shall be no prophet after me, and that he is your guardian (Walee) after Allah and His messenger. Indeed, Allah, the most holy, the most high, had already sent down to me a verse from His book about this, saying, “Only your guardian is Allah and His messenger and those of the believers who establish the prayers and pay the charity while they bow down.”

Ali ebne Abee Talib was the one who kept alive prayers and paid charity while bowing down in ruku'. He intends the pleasure of Allah, the mighty and the majestic, in all situations.
I asked Gabriel to plead to Allah, Who is the security of the believers, to excuse me from conveying it to you.

O people, due to my knowledge on the fewness of the pious, the numerousness of the hypocrites, the corruption and the treachery of the sinful, and the trickery of those who ridicule Islam, those whom Allah described in His book as: “They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts,” taking it lightly, while it is a grave matter in the sight of Allah, and due to their annoying me on many occasions, so much so that they called me all “ear”, claiming I am so because of Ali's frequent attendance in my presence and my attention to him, until Allah, the mighty and the majestic, sent down the following verse in this regard:

“And of them are some who annoy the Prophet and say: He is an ear for accepting what he hears, particularly from Ali. Say: One whom you call 'ear' is best for you; He believes in Allah, safeguards the believers, and is a mercy for those of you who believe. And for those who harm the messenger of Allah, there shall be a painful torment.”

Had I wished to name those who have called me so, to point out towards them, or to lead to them by their signs, I would have done so. Yet, by Allah, I have indeed dealt with their affairs magnanimously. Nevertheless, Allah is not satisfied with me until I convey what He has sent down to me regarding the right of Ali.”

Then, the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) recited again the following verse: “O Messenger! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord-with regard to Ali-and if you do not, you will not have conveyed His message at all, and Allah shall protect you from evil people.”

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O people! I have, indeed, explained for you and made you comprehend Allah's commandments, and it is this Ali that shall make you comprehend every issue after me.

Notice that at the end of my sermon, I shall call upon you to shake hands with me as the oath of allegiance to him and the recognition of his authority, and to shake hands with him afterwards.

I have, indeed, sworn allegiance to Allah, and Ali has sworn allegiance to me,and, on behalf of Allah, the mighty and the majestic, I require you to swear the oath of allegiance to him, for Allah says:“Verily those who pledge allegiance to you, they indeed pledge allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is over their hands.
Thus, anyone who violates his oath has indeed violated his own soul, and anyone who fulfills the covenant he has made with Allah, He shall soon grant him a great reward."

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O people! The greater and the lesser pilgrimages, and the mounts of assSafaa and alMarwa are among the emblems of Allah; Thus, whoever goes to visit the House in the season or at other times, he is not wrong if he repeatedly walks between the two mounts of assSafa and alMarwa.

O people! Do make pilgrimage to the House, for no members of a family went there except that they became free of need and received glad tidings!♦ None failed to go there except that they were impoverished.

O people! No believer stands at the standing place of the Arafat desert except that Allah forgives all his past sins until then. Thus, once his pilgrimage is over, recording his actions is resumed.

O people! The pilgrims shall be assisted, and their expenses shall be reimbursed,and Allah shall not waste the reward of those who do well.

O people! Perform pilgrimage to the House having perfected faith (with Walaya of Ali) and deep understanding (of religion), and do not leave the sacred visiting places except after repenting and desisting from all sins.

O people! Establish the prayers and pay the charity as Allah, the mighty and the majestic, commanded you. But, if time lapses and you fall short or forget, then Ali shall direct you and shall explain for you. He is the one whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, appointed for you after me [as the trustee of His creation. He is from me and I am from him.
He and those who will succeed him from my progeny shall inform you of anything you ask about, and shall clarify what you do not know.

Certainly, the lawful and unlawful things are more than that I could enumerate, specify their limits, and urge to or advise against them each in this place.
Therefore, I was commanded to take an oath of allegiance and a covenant from you in accepting what I brought you from Allah, the mighty and the majestic, regarding Ali, the Commander of the Believers, and the executors of my affairs after him who are from me and from him,

O people! By this appointment I have directed you to every lawful deed and prohibited you from every unlawful deed.
And I shall never take my word back, nor shall I replace it.

Hence, remember and safeguard it, advise each other to it, and never substitute nor alter it.

I repeat the saying: Establish the prayers, pay the charity, enjoin the good deeds, and forbid the evil deeds.

Behold! The greatest case of enjoining righteous deeds is comprehending my saying, conveying it to whoever is not present, urging him to accept it, and advising him against violating it, for it is an order from Allah, the mighty and the majestic, and from me.

There is no value or effect for enjoining other recognized deeds and forbidding the detested deeds except with the recognition of an infallible leader.

O people! The Quran informs you that the Imams after him (That is to say Molana Ali) are his descendants, and I have already informed you that they are of me and of him, for Allah, the mighty and the majestic, says in His Book: “And He made that a Word enduring in his posterity” ; and I said: “You will never go astray so long as you adhere to both the Holy Quran and my progeny).”

O people! Observe piety! Observe piety! And be wary of the Hour as Allah, the mighty and the majestic, says: “Surely the convulsion of the Hour shall be a tremendous thing.”
Remember death, resurrection, reckoning, the scales of justice, and the call to account within the hands of the Lord of the worlds, and the reward and punishment.

Thus, whoever comes to the Day of Judgement with a righteous deed, shall be rewarded for it, and whoever comes with an unforgiven sin, shall not have any share in the gardens.