Ghadeer e Khum

Summary:

The event of Ghadeer e Khum took place after the completion of farewell Hajj in 10 A.H.

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws (5^th Imam^-asws): ‘When the Rasool-Allah^-saww finished the Farewell Pilgrimage, this Verse was Revealed: O Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67]. So the Rasool Allah^-saww called for the congregational Prayer (on the 18^th of Zil-Hajj).

The people gathered and Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Who is foremost among you than your own selves?’ They all said, ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww’. The Rasool Allah^-saww grabbed Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and said:

‘For the ones for whom I^-saww am Moula (Master), for them, Ali^-asws is Moula! Our Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and Do not favour the one who does not favour him^-asws, and Help the one who helps him^-asws, and Abandon the one who abandons him^-asws, for he^-asws is from me^-saww and I^-saww am from him^-asws, and he^-asws is to me what Haroun^-as was to Musa^-as except that there is no Prophet^-saww after me^-saww’.

And it was the last Obligation which Allah^-azwj the High Obligated upon the community of Muhammad^-saww, then Allah^-azwj Revealed unto His^-azwj Prophet^-saww:

This day have I Perfected for you your Religion and Completed My Favour on you and Chosen for you Islam as a Religion’ [5:3].

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws’s Sermon on Ghadeer-e-Khum

He^-asws (Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws) said in a sermon to people: ‘I^-asws ask you to listen to the Words of Allah^-azwj

“O you who believes! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you” [4:59], and His^-azwj Words: “Only Allah is your Guardian and His Rasool and those who believe, those who keep up the Prayers and pay the Zakat while they are bowing” [5:55], then Said: Are you reckoning that you would be left alone while Allah has not yet Known those of you who have struggled hard and do not take to any one besides Allah and His Rasool and the Believers as ones to confide in and rely upon?[9:16].

(Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws says) So the Rasool^-saww nominated me^-asws at Ghadeer-e-Khum and he^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Sent me^-saww with a Message which constricted my^-saww chest as I^-saww could see that the people were not going to believe me^-saww. Allah^-azwj Told me^-saww that I^-saww should preach it or else Allah^-azwj would Punish me^-saww. So Arise O Ali^-asws’! And the Rasool Allah^-saww announced that the people must follow Ali^-asws.

So Salman Al-Farsy^-as stood up in front of the Rasool Allah^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww, how shall we submit to Ali^-asws?’ Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Be submissive to him^-asws like you are submissive to me^-saww. The one who sees that I^-saww am higher than him should see Ali^-asws as higher than himself’. Allah^-azwj Blessed and High Sent down: This day have I Perfected for you your Religion and Completed My Favour on you and Chosen for you Islam as a Religion [5:3]. So Salman Al-Farsy said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww, has this Verse Descended regarding Ali^-asws especially?’ Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Indeed, it is regarding Ali^-asws, and regarding my^-saww successors up to the Day of Judgement’ (the successors after Ali^-asws, in total, they are the 12 Imams^-asws).

Then Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘O Salman, you and those who are present are witnesses of that, and those present should make it reach to the ones who are absent’. Salman Al-Farsy said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww, explain it for us’ (the Wilayah). So the Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Ali^-asws, is my^-saww brother, and my^-saww Vizier, and my^-saww successor, and my^-saww inheritor, and my^-saww Caliph in my^-saww community, and the Guardian of every believer after me^-saww, and eleven Imams^-asws from his sons^-asws (after him^-asws). The first of them^-asws is my^-saww son Al-Hassan^-asws, then Al-Hussain^-asws, then nine from the sons^-asws of Al-Hussain^-asws, one after the other. The Quran is with them^-asws and they^-asws are with the Quran. Neither will it separate from them^-asws nor will they separate from it until they^-asws return to the Fountain’.

O you people! I^-saww have made known to you your ‘Master’ and your Imam^-asws after me^-saww; your evidence and your guide. He^-asws is Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and he^-asws is among you at the status that I^-saww am among you. So emulate him^-asws (do his^-asws Taqleed), and obey him^‑asws in all of your affairs, for in his^-asws possession is what Allah^-azwj has Taught me^-saww, and Ordered for me^-saww, and I^-saww have made it known to him^-asws, and I^-saww am letting you know that it is with him^-asws. So ask him^-asws and learn from him^-asws and from the successors^-asws after him^-asws, and do not try to teach them^-asws nor go in front of them^-asws nor be left behind them^‑asws, for they^-asws are with the ‘Haq’ (truth) and the ‘Haq’ is with them^-asws, neither will they^-asws leave it nor will it leave them^-asws’.

(After listening to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws talk about this event) Twelve men from the people of Badr (the companions of Rasool Allah^-saww who were with him^-saww at the battle of Badr) stood up and said, ‘We testify that we heard that from the Rasool Allah^-saww exactly as you^‑asws have said it, you^-asws have not added anything nor have you^-asws missed a single letter and the Rasool Allah^-saww made us witnesses on that’. And then seventy men from those present said; ‘We also heard those words but did not memorise all of it, but these twelve witnesses (that did memorise it) are our good (trustworthy) ones, and the best ones of us’. So Ali^-asws said: ‘You have spoken the truth. It is not possible for everyone to be memorisers, some of them are better at memorising than the others’. [1]

Allah^-azwj’s Wrath on a Doubter:

The narrator of the Hadith says:

‘Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws, (the 6^th Imam^-asws) says: ‘When the Rasool-Allah^-saww nominated Ali^-asws on the Day of Ghadeer-e-Khum and said: ‘The one for whom I^-saww am Master, for him, Ali^-asws is his Master (من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه), that became common knowledge in the country. Then Al-No’man Al-Haris Al-Fahry came to the Prophet^-saww and said, ‘You^-saww commanded us from Allah^-azwj that we should testify that there is no god except for Allah^-azwj, and that you^-saww are the Rasool-Allah^-saww, and commanded us for the Jihad, and the Hajj, and the Fasts, and the Salat, and the Zakat, so we accepted these, but you^-saww are not happy until you^-saww nominate this boy – is this from you^-saww or a Command from Allah^-azwj?’ The Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Yes, this is from Allah^-azwj’.

So Al-No’man Bin Al-Haris turned around and he said, ‘O Allah^-azwj! If this is the Truth from You^-azwj, let stones rain upon us from the sky!’ So Allah^-azwj Stoned him upon his head, and it killed him. And Allah^-azwj Revealed the verse: A questioner asked for the Punishment to befall [70:1]’.[2]

Objection of Umar on the Day of Ghadeer-e-Khum

Umar and a companion were present on the Day of Ghadeer-e-Khum. Umar said, ‘He^-saww never misses an opportunity to elevate (the status of) his^-saww relative’. Then the companion said, ‘He^-saww never misses an opportunity to elevate the son^-asws of his^-saww uncle^-asws… no, by Allah^-azwj, I will not listen to him^-asws, nor will I obey him^-asws ever’. Then he (the companion) left. So, Allah^-azwj Revealed “So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray, [75:31] But called the truth a lie and turned (his) back, [75:33] Then he went to his followers, walking away in arrogance [75:32]. Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer, [75:34]  Again (consider how) nearer it is to you and nearer [75:35].”[3]

Introduction:

The event of Ghadeer e Khum took place after the completion of farewell Hajj in 10 A.H.  We present some Ahadith here.  A lot has been written on Ghadeer e Khum and there are many Ahadith in both Shia and non-Shia Ahadith books which can be read for detailed account of the event.  However, the meanings of the word ‘Moula’ (as a Master) have been disputed by some belonging to certain Muslim sects and that aspect is covered in a dedicated article ‘http://hubeali.com/articles/MoulaMeaningsFromHolyQuran.pdf’.

عم، إعلام الورى شا، الإرشاد: لما أراد رسول الله ص التوجه إلى الحج و أداء فرض الله‏ تعالى فيه‏ أذن في الناس به و بلغت دعوته إلى أقاصي بلاد الإسلام‏ فتجهز الناس للخروج معه و حضر المدينة من ضواحيها و من حولها و يقرب‏ منها خلق كثير و تهيئوا للخروج معه

(The books) ‘Alaam Al Wara’ (and) ‘Al Irshad’ – ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww wanted to head to the Hajj and fulfil the Obligations of Allah^-azwj the Exalted during it, he^-saww proclaimed among the people with it and his^-saww call reached to the outskirts of the cities of Islam. The people prepared for the going out with him^-saww and they presented at Al-Medina from its areas and from around it and a lot of people came near it, and they prepared for the going out with him^‑saww.

فخرج ص بهم لخمس بقين من ذي العقدة و كاتب أمير المؤمنين ع بالتوجه إلى الحج من اليمن و لم يذكر له نوع الحج الذي قد عزم عليه و خرج ص قارنا للحج بسياق الهدي و أحرم ع من ذي الحليفة و أحرم الناس معه و لبى من عند الميل الذي بالبيداء

He^-saww went out with them on five (days) remaining from Zul-Qadah and communicated with Amir Al-Momineen^-asws with heading to Al-Hajj from Al Yemen, and did not mention to him^-asws with the type of Hajj which he^-saww had determined upon. And he^-saww went out in pairs for the Hajj ushering the sacrificial animal, and he^-saww wore Ihraam from Zul Huleyfa, and the people wore Ihraam along with him^-saww and exclaimed Talbiyya from the milestone at Al-Bayda.

فاتصل ما بين الحرمين بالتلبية حتى انتهى إلى كراع الغميم و كان الناس معه ركبانا و مشاة فشق على المشاة المسير و أجهدهم السير و التعب‏ فشكوا ذلك إلى النبي ص و استحملوه فأعلمهم أنه لا يجد لهم ظهرا و أمرهم أن يشدوا على أوساطهم و يخلطوا الرمل بالنسل ففعلوا ذلك و استراحوا إليه

He^-saww linked what is between the two Sanctuaries with the Talbiyya until he^-saww ended up to Kara’a Al-Ghameem, and the people were with him^-saww, riding and walking. The journey was difficult upon the walkers and their striving and tiredness of the travelling. They complained of that to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww let them know that he^-saww cannot find a back (ride) for them and instructed them that they should tighten their belts and mingle the sand with the cattle (walk on foot). They did that and they rested to it.

و خرج أمير المؤمنين ع بمن معه من العسكر الذي كان صحبه إلى اليمن و معه الحلل الذي‏ كان أخذها من أهل نجران فلما قارب رسول الله ص إلى مكة من طريق المدينة قاربها أمير المؤمنين ع من طريق اليمن و تقدم الجيش للقاء النبي ص و خلف عليهم رجلا منهم

And Amir Al-Momineen^-asws came out with the ones from the soldiers with him^-asws, those who had accompanied him^-asws to Al-Yemen, and with him^-asws were the garments which he^-asws had taken from the people of Najran. When Rasool-Allah^-saww came near Makkah from the road of Al-Medina, Amir Al-Momineen^-asws came near it from the road of Al-Yemen, and forwarded the army for meeting the Prophet^-saww and made a man from them to be in charge upon them.

فأدرك النبي ص و قد أشرف على مكة فسلم عليه و خبره بما صنع و بقبض ما قبض و أنه سارع للقائه أمام الجيش فسر رسول الله ص لذلك‏ و ابتهج بلقائه و قَالَ لَهُ بِمَ أَهْلَلْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ

He^-asws came across the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was overlooking upon Makkah. He^-asws greeted to him^-saww and informed him^-saww of what he^-asws had done and with the possessions he^-asws had possessed, and as the leader of the army rushed for meeting him^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww was cheered to that and rejoiced with meeting him^-asws, and said to him^-asws: ‘With what have you^-asws commenced, O Ali^-asws?’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَدْ سُقْتُ أَنَا سِتّاً وَ سِتِّينَ وَ أَنْتَ شَرِيكِي فِي حَجِّي وَ مَنَاسِكِي وَ هَدْيِي فَأَقِمْ عَلَى إِحْرَامِكَ وَ عُدْ إِلَى جَيْشِكَ فَعَجِّلْ بِهِمْ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى نَجْتَمِعَ بِمَكَّةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! I^-saww have ushered sixty six and you^-asws are my^-asws participant in my^-saww Hajj and my^-saww rituals and my^-saww offerings, therefore stay upon your^-asws Ihraam and return to your^-asws army and hasten with them to me^-saww until we gather at Makkah, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’.

فكف القوم عن ذكره و علموا مكانه من النبي ص و سخطه على من رام الغميزة فيه و أقام أمير المؤمنين ع على إحرامه تأسيا برسول الله ص و كان قد خرج مع النبي ص كثير من المسلمين بغير سياق هدي فأنزل الله تعالى‏ وَ أَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَ الْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ

So the people restrained from mentioning him^-asws and knew his^-asws position from the Prophet^-saww and his^-saww anger upon the one who accuses of any shortcomings regarding him^-asws; and Amir Al-Momineen^-asws stayed upon his^-asws Ihraam along with Rasool-Allah^-saww, and a lot of the Muslims had come out with the Prophet^-saww without ushering a sacrificial animal, so Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed: And complete the Hajj and the Umrah for Allah [2:196].

وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دَخَلَتِ الْعُمْرَةُ فِي الْحَجِّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ شَبَّكَ إِحْدَى أَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ‏ مَا سُقْتُ الْهَدْيَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ مُنَادِيَهُ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ‏ مَنْ لَمْ يَسُقْ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً فَلْيُحِلَّ وَ لْيَجْعَلْهَا عُمْرَةً وَ مَنْ سَاقَ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً فَلْيُقِمْ عَلَى إِحْرَامِهِ

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The Umrah is included in the Hajj up to the Day of Qiyamah’, and he^-saww inter-twined one finger of his^-saww hand upon the other. Then he^-saww said: ‘And had I^-saww accepted from my^-saww matter what I^-saww manages, I^-saww would not have ushered the sacrificial animals’. Then he^-saww ordered a caller to call out: ‘One who did not usher a sacrificial animal then let him take off his Ihraam and make it to be an Umrah, and the one from you who has ushered a sacrificial offering then let him stay upon his Ihraam.

‏ فأطاع في ذلك بعض الناس و خالف بعض و جرت خطوب بينهم فيه و قال منهم قائلون إن رسول الله ص أشعث أغبر نلبس الثياب‏ و نقرب النساء و ندهن و قال بعضهم أ ما تستحيون تخرجون‏ رءوسكم تقطر من الغسل و رسول الله ص على إحرامه

Some people obeyed regarding that and some opposed and arguments flowed between them regarding it, and the speakers from them said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww is shabby, dusty, and we should wear the clothes and go near the women and use oil?’ And some of them said, ‘But you are embarrassed from bringing out your heads dripping from the washing (sexual impurity) while Rasool-Allah^-saww is still in his^-saww Ihraam’.

فأنكر رسول الله ص على من خالف في ذلك و قَالَ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي سُقْتُ الْهَدْيَ لَأَحْلَلْتُ وَ جَعَلْتُهَا عُمْرَةً فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسُقْ هَدْياً فَلْيُحِلَّ فَرَجَعَ قَوْمٌ وَ أَقَامَ آخَرُونَ عَلَى الْخِلَافِ‏ وَ كَانَ فِيمَنْ أَقَامَ عَلَى الْخِلَافِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ يَا عُمَرُ مُحْرِماً أَ سُقْتَ هَدْياً

Rasool-Allah^-saww denied upon the ones who had opposed regarding that and said: ‘Had I^-saww ushered the offering I^-saww would have removed the Ihraam and made it to be an Umrah (as well). So, the one who did not usher an offering, let him remove Ihraam’. The people returned and others stayed upon the opposition, and among the ones who stayed upon the opposition was Umar Bin Al-Khattab. Rasool-Allah^-saww summoned him and said: ‘What is the matter I^-saww see you, O Umar, in Ihraam? Have you ushered an offering?’

قَالَ لَمْ أَسُقْ قَالَ فَلِمَ لَا تُحِلُّ وَ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ مَنْ لَمْ يَسُقْ‏ بِالْإِحْلَالِ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا أَحْلَلْتُ وَ أَنْتَ مُحْرِمٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ فَلِذَلِكَ أَقَامَ عَلَى إِنْكَارِ مُتْعَةِ الْحَجِّ حَتَّى رَقِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ نَهْياً مُجَدَّداً وَ تَوَعَّدَ عَلَيْهَا بِالْعِقَابِ.

He said, ‘I did not usher’. He^-saww said: ‘Then why are you not taking off the Ihraam and I^-saww had ordered the ones who did not usher with the releasing the Ihraam?’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I will not release (the Ihraam) while you^-saww are in Ihraam’. The Prophet^-saww said to him: ‘You will never believe in it until you die’. Therefore, due to that, he stayed upon the denial of Mutah until the pulpit was erected during his rule and he prohibited from it with a prohibition renewing and threatened upon it with the punishment.

و لما قضى رسول الله ص نسكه أشرك عليا ع في هديه و قفل إلى المدينة و هو معه و المسلمون حتى انتهى إلى الموضع المعروف بغدير خم و ليس بموضع إذ ذاك يصلح للمنزل‏ لعدم الماء فيه و المرعى فنزل ع في الموضع و نزل المسلمون معه و كان سبب نزوله في هذا المكان نزول القرآن عليه بنصبه أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب ع خليفة في الأمة من بعده

And when Rasool-Allah^-saww had fulfilled his^-saww rituals, he^-saww participated Ali^-asws in his^-saww offering and returned to Al-Medina and he^-asws was with him^-saww and the Muslims until he^-saww ended up to the famous place at Ghadeer e Khum, and there wasn’t any place there which was correct for the encampment due to the lack of water and the pasture therein. He^-saww descended in the place and the Muslims descended with him^-saww, and the reason for his^-saww descent in this place was the Revelation of the Quran unto him^-saww with his^-saww nomination of Amir Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws as a Caliph in the community from after him^-saww.

و قد كان تقدم الوحي إليه في ذلك من غير توقيت له فأخره لحضور وقت يأمن فيه الاختلاف منهم عليه و علم الله عز و جل أنه إن تجاوز غدير خم انفصل عنه كثير من الناس إلى بلدانهم‏ و أماكنهم و بواديهم فأراد الله أن يجمعهم لسماع النص على أمير المؤمنين ع و تأكيد الحجة عليهم‏ فيه

And the Revelation had preceded to him^-saww regarding that from another timing to him, but he^-saww delayed it (announcement) for the presenting of the time he^-saww felt safe in it of the differing from them upon it, and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Knew that if he^-saww crossed over Ghadeer e Khum, a lot of the people would separate from him^-saww to go to their cities and their dwelling and their valleys. Therefore, Allah^-azwj Wanted that he^-saww gathered them to hear the text upon Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and an emphasis of the argument/proof upon them regarding him^-asws.

فأنزل الله تعالى‏ يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ‏ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ‏ يعني في استخلاف علي ع و النص بالإمامة عليه‏ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ‏ فأكد الفرض عليه بذلك و خوفه من تأخير الأمر فيه و ضمن له العصمة و منع الناس منه

Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed: O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord – meaning regarding the successorship of Ali^-asws and the word with the Imamate to him^-asws,  and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people. Surely Allah does not Guide the Kafir people [5:67]. Thus, He^-azwj Emphasised the Obligation upon it with that and His^-azwj Reservation from delaying the matter regarding him^-asws and Guaranteed the Protection for him^-saww and Preventing the people from him^-saww.

فنزل رسول الله ص المكان الذي ذكرناه لما وصفناه من الأمر له بذلك و شرحناه و نزل المسلمون حوله و كان يوما قائظا شديد الحر فأمر ع بدوحات‏ فقم ما تحتها و أمر بجمع الرحال في ذلك المكان و وضع بعضها فوق بعض ثم أمر مناديه فنادى في الناس الصلاة جامعة فاجتمعوا من رحالهم إليه و إن أكثرهم ليلف رداءه على قدميه من شدة الرمضاء

Rasool-Allah^-saww descended in the place which we mentioned and described for the Command to him^-saww with that, and we commented upon it, and the Muslims descended around him^-saww, and it was a day of intense heat. He^-saww ordered with tents, and he^-saww stood in what is beneath it and instructed with gathering of the saddles in that place and placed them above each other then ordered a caller to call out among the people for the congregational Salat. So, they gathered from their rides to him^-saww, and a lot of them had wrapped their cloaks upon their feet from the severity of the heat.

فلما اجتمعوا صعد على تلك الرحال حتى صار في ذروتها و دعا أمير المؤمنين ع فرقي معه حتى قام عن يمينه ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ وَعَظَ فَأَبْلَغَ فِي الْمَوْعِظَةِ وَ نَعَى إِلَى الْأُمَّةِ نَفْسَهُ وَ قَالَ قَدْ دُعِيتُ‏ وَ يُوشِكُ أَنْ أُجِيبَ وَ قَدْ حَانَ مِنِّي خُفُوقٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِكُمْ وَ إِنِّي مُخَلِّفٌ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا مِنْ بَعْدِي‏ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ عِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي فَإِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَفْتَرِقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ

When they had gathered, he^-saww climbed upon those saddles until he^-saww came to be in its peak and called Amir Al-Momineen^-asws. He^-asws ascended to be with him^-saww and stood on his^-saww right. Then he^-saww addressed the people. He^-azwj praised Allah^-azwj and extolled upon Him^-azwj and preached. He^-saww reached in the preaching gave the news of his^-saww own death to the community and said: ‘I^-saww have been Called and no doubt I^-saww shall answer and the steps have come near me^-saww in your midst, and I^-saww am leaving behind among you all what if you were to adhere with it, you will never stray from after me^-saww – Book of Allah^-azwj and my^-saww family^-asws, the People^-asws of my^-saww Household, for these two will never separate until they return to me^-saww at the Fountain’.

ثُمَّ نَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ أَ لَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِكُمْ مِنْكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ‏ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ بَلَى فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَلَى النَّسَقِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فَصْلٍ وَ قَدْ أَخَذَ بِضَبْعَيْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ ع فَرَفَعَهُمَا حَتَّى بَانَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِمَا فَمَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاهُ وَ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَ انْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ وَ اخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ

Then he^-saww called out at the top of his^-saww voice: ‘Am I^-saww not foremost with you all that you are with yourselves?’ They said, ‘O Allah^-azwj, yes!’ He^-saww said to them from without any doubt, and he^-saww had grabbed the forearms of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and raised them until the whiteness of their^-asws armpits were seen:’ فَمَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ’ ‘So the one whose Master^-saww I^-saww was, this Ali^-asws is his Master^-asws. O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws and Be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him^-asws, and Help the one who helps him^-asws and abandon the ones who abandons him^-asws’.

ثم نزل ص و كان وقت الظهيرة فصلى ركعتين ثم زالت الشمس فأذن مؤذنه لصلاة الظهر فصلى بهم الظهر و جلس ع في خيمته و أمر عليا ع أن يجلس في خيمة له بإزائه ثم أمر المسلمين أن يدخلوا عليه فوجا فوجا فيهنئوه‏ بالمقام و يسلموا عليه بإمرة المؤمنين

Then he^-saww descended, and it was the time of the noon so he^-saww prayed two Cycles Salat, then the sun (started to) decline. His^-saww Muezzin proclaimed the Azaan for Al-Zohr Salat, and he^-saww prayed leading Salat Al-Zohr with them and sat down in his^-saww tent, and instructed Ali^-asws to be seated in a tent of his^-asws facing towards him^-saww. Then he^-saww ordered the Muslims to enter to see him^-asws in droves and droves and congratulate him^-asws with the position and greet to him^-asws as the Emir of the Momineen.

ففعل الناس ذلك كلهم ثم أمر أزواجه و سائر نساء المؤمنين معه أن يدخلن عليه و يسلمن عليه بإمرة المؤمنين ففعلن و كان فيمن‏ أطنب في تهنئته بالمقام عمر بن الخطاب و أظهر له من المسرة به و قال فيما قال بخ بخ لك يا علي أصبحت مولاي و مولى كل مؤمن و مؤمنة

The people did that, all of them. Then he^-saww ordered his^-saww wives and the rest of the women of the Momineen with him^-saww that they enter to see him^-asws and greet to him^-asws as Emir of the Momineen. They did so, and among the ones who exaggerated in congratulating him^-asws with the position was Umar Bin Al-Khattab and manifested to him^-asws the cheerfulness with it, and he said among what he said, ‘Congratulations! Congratulations to you^-asws, O Ali^-asws. You^-asws have become my Master^-asws and Master^-asws of every Momin man and Momin woman’.

و جاء حسان بن ثابت إلى رسول الله ص فقال يا رسول الله أ تأذن‏ لي أن أقول في هذا المقام ما يرضاه الله فقال له قل يا حسان على اسم الله

And Hasaan Bin Sabit came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Will you^-saww permit me that I say regarding this position what Allah^-azwj would be Pleased with?’ He^-saww said to him: ‘Say (it) O Hasaan, upon the Name of Allah^-azwj’.

فوقف على نشز من الأرض و تطاول المسلمون‏ لسماع كلامه فأنشأ يقول‏

يناديهم يوم الغدير نبيهم‏		بخم و أسمع بالرسول‏ مناديا
و قال فمن مولاكم و وليكم‏		فقالوا و لم يبدوا هناك التعاديا
إلهك مولانا و أنت ولينا		و لن تجدن منا لك اليوم عاصيا
فقال له قم يا علي فإنني‏		رضيتك من بعدي إماما و هاديا
فمن كنت مولاه فهذا وليه‏		فكونوا له أتباع‏ صدق مواليا
هناك دعا اللهم وال وليه‏		و كن للذي عادى عليا معاديا

He stood upon a hill from the ground and the Muslims hearkened to listen to his speech. He prosed saying (a poem), ‘Their Prophet^-saww called out to them on the day of Ghadeer at Khum and a call was hear from the Rasool^-saww and he^-saww said: ‘So who is your Master and your Guardian?’ They said and did not begin the hostility over there, ‘Your^-saww God^-azwj is our Master and you^-saww are our Guardian, and you^-saww will never find from us any disobedience to you^-saww today’. So, he^-saww said to him^-asws: ‘Stand, O Ali^-asws, for I^-saww am pleased with you^-asws as an Imam^-asws from after me^-saww and as a guide, so the one whose Master I^-saww was, this one is his Master, therefore become followers of his^-asws, sincere, friendly’. Over here he^-saww supplicated: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and become towards those who are inimical to Ali^-asws, Inimical’’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا تَزَالُ يَا حَسَّانُ مُؤَيَّداً بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ مَا نَصَرْتَنَا بِلِسَانِكَ.

Rasool-Allah^-saww said to him: ‘O Hasaan! You will not cease to be aided by the Holy Spirit for as long as you help us^-asws with your tongue’’.[4]

Despair of the Kafirs

العياشي: عن عمرو بن شمر، عن جابر، قال: قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام) في هذه الآية: الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ دِينِكُمْ فَلا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَ اخْشَوْنِ: «يوم يقوم القائم (عليه السلام) يئس بنو امية فهم الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يئسوا من آل محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)».

Al Ayyashi, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir who said,

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said regarding this Verse Today have despaired, those who committed Kufr from your Religion, so do not fear them and fear Me [5:3]: ‘The day Al-Qaim^-asws rises, the clan of Umayya would despair, for they are those who committed Kufr, having despaired from the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww’.[5]

Allah^-azwj Promising Rasool-Allah^-saww Protection from the people (hypocrites)

السيد الرضي في كتاب (المناقب): عن محمد بن إسحاق، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، عن أبيه، عن جده، قال: «لما انصرف رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) من حجة الوداع نزل أرضا يقال لها: ضوجان، فنزلت هذه الآية يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فلما نزلت عصمته من الناس، نادى: الصلاة جامعة.

Al Syed Al Razy in the book Al Manaqib, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww left from the Farewell Hajj, encamped at a land called Zawjan, and this Verse was Revealed O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67].  So when Protect you from the people was Revealed, Rasool Allah^-saww called for the congregational Salat.

فاجتمع الناس إليه و قال (عليه السلام): من أولى منكم بأنفسكم؟ فضجوا بأجمعهم، و قالوا: الله و رسوله.

So the people gathered and he^-saww said: ‘Who is foremost from you with your own selves?’ So they resounded in their entirety and they said, ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww!’

فأخذ بيد علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، و قال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه، و عاد من عاداه، و انصر من نصره، و اخذل من خذله، فإنه مني و أنا منه، و هو مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي.

Then he^-saww grabbed Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and said: ‘The one whose Master I^-saww was, so Ali^-asws is his Master! O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and Inimical to the one who is inimical to him^-asws, and Help the one who helps him^-asws, and Abandon the one who abandons him^-asws, for he^-asws is from me^-saww and I^-saww am from him^-asws, and he^-asws is from me^-saww of the status of Haroun^-as from Musa^-as except that there would be no Prophet^-saww after me^-saww’.

و كانت آخر فريضة فرضها الله تعالى على امة محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)، ثم أنزل الله تعالى على نبيه الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً».

And it was the last Obligation which Allah^-azwj the Exalted Obligated upon the community of Muhammad^-saww. Then Allah^-azwj Revealed unto His^-azwj Prophet^-saww Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]’.

قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «فقبلوا من رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كل ما أمرهم الله من الفرائض في الصلاة و الصوم و الزكاة و الحج، و صدقوه على ذلك».

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘So they received from Rasool-Allah^-saww everything which Allah^-azwj had Commanded them, from the Obligations regarding the Salat, and the Soam, and the Zakat, and the Hajj, and ratified him^-saww upon that’.

قال ابن إسحاق: قلت لأبي جعفر (عليه السلام): متى كان ذلك؟ قال: «لسبع عشرة ليلة خلت من ذي الحجة سنة عشر، عند منصرفه من حجة الوداع، و كان بين ذلك و بين وفاة النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) مائة يوم.

Ibn Is’haq said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘When was that?’ He^-asws said: ‘Seventeen nights from Zil-Hajj in the year ten (Hijra) during the returning from the Farewell Hajj. And between that and the passing away of the Prophet^-saww were a hundred days’.[6]

The Verse of Perfection of Religion

فُرَاتٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ الْعَوْسِيُّ [العرسي‏] قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَقْطِينٌ الْجَوَالِيقِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ [ع‏] فِي قَوْلِهِ [قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏] الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع خَاصَّةً دُونَ النَّاسِ.

Furat said, ‘It was narrated to me by Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Hafs Al Awsy, from Yaqteen Al Jawaliqy,

‘From Ja’far^-asws from his^-asws father^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you [5:3]. He^-asws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws in particular, besides the people’’.[7]

The Perfection of Religion by Al-Wilayah as being the final Obligation

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن العلاء، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «آخر فريضة أنزلها الله تعالى الولاية، ثم لم ينزل بعدها فريضة، ثم أنزل: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ بكراع الغميم فأقامها رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) بالجحفة ، فلم ينزل بعدها فريضة».

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al A’la, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The last Obligation which Allah^-azwj the High Revealed was Al-Wilayah, then no Obligation was Revealed after it. Then it was Revealed Today I Perfected your Religion for you [5:3] at Kara’a Al-Ghameem, so Rasool-Allah^-saww established it at Al-Johfa. Thus, no Obligation was Revealed after it’.[8]

عن ابن أذينة قال: سمعت زرارة، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام): «أن الفريضة كانت تنزل، ثم تنزل الفريضة الاخرى، فكانت الولاية آخر الفرائض، فأنزل الله: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً- فقال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام)- يقول الله: لا انزل عليكم بعد هذه الفريضة فريضة».

From Ibn Azina who said, ‘I heard Zurara,

From Abu Ja’far^-asws (saying): ‘The Obligation used to be Revealed, then another Obligation was Revealed. But, the Wilayah is the last of the Obligations, so Allah^-azwj Revealed: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]’. Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj is Saying: “I^-azwj will not be Revealing upon you an Obligation after this Obligation (of Wilayah)’’.[9]

محمد بن يعقوب: عن أبي محمد القاسم بن العلاء (رحمه الله)، رفعه، عن عبد العزيز بن مسلم، قال: كنا مع الرضا (عليه السلام) بمرو، فاجتمعنا في الجامع يوم الجمعة في بدء مقدمنا، فأداروا أمر الإمامة، و كثرة اختلاف الناس فيها، فدخلت على سيدي (عليه السلام)، فأعلمته في خوض الناس فيه، فتبسم (عليه السلام)، ثم قال: «يا عبد العزيز، جهل القوم، و خدعوا عن أديانهم،

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Abu Muhammad Al-Qasim Bin Al-A’la, raising it, from Abdul Aziz Bin Muslim who said,

‘I was with Al-Reza^-asws as Merv, and we had gathered in the Mosque on Friday during the beginning of our arrival. So they were narrating the matter of the Imamate, and there was a lot of differing by the people with regards to it. So I went over to my Master^-asws and informed him^-asws of the quarrelling of the people regarding it. So he^-asws smiled at me, then said: ‘O Abdul Aziz! The people are ignorant and have been deceived about their religions.

إن الله عز و جل لم يقبض نبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله) حتى أكمل له الدين، و أنزل عليه القرآن فيه تبيان كل شي‏ء، بين فيه الحلال و الحرام، و الحدود و الأحكام، و جميع ما يحتاج إليه الناس كملا،

Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Cause His^-azwj Prophet^-saww to pass away until Completing the Religion for him^-saww, and Revealed the Quran unto him^-saww in which is the explanation of everything, regarding the Permissibles, and the Prohibitions, and the Legal punishment, and the Ordinances, and the entirety of what the people would be needy to from him^-saww in totality.

و قال عز و جل: ما فَرَّطْنا فِي الْكِتابِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ و أنزل فيه ما أنزل في حجة الوداع- و هي آخر عمره (صلى الله عليه و آله)-: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً، و أمر الإمامة من تمام الدين،

And the Mighty and Majestic Said: We did not neglect in the Book of anything [6:38]; and Revealed in it what He^-azwj Revealed during the Farewell Pilgrimage – and it was at the end of his^-saww lifetime: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]. And the matter of Imamate is from the Completion of the Religion.

و لم يمض رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) حتى بين لامته معالم دينهم، و أوضح لهم سبيلهم، و تركهم على قصد سبيل الحق، و أقام لهم عليا (عليه السلام) علما و إماما، و ما ترك شيئا تحتاج إليه الامة إلا بينه، فمن زعم أن الله عز و جل لم يكمل دينه فقد رد كتاب الله، و من رد كتاب الله فهو كافر به.

And Rasool-Allah^-saww did not leave (this world) until he^-saww had explained to his^-saww community, then the matters of their Religion, and clarified for them their way, and left them facing the Way of the Truth. And he^-saww nominated for them Ali^-asws as a flag and an Imam^-asws. And he^-saww did not leave anything out which the community would need from him^-saww except that he^-saww explained it. So the one who claims that Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Complete His^-azwj Religion, so he has rejected the Book  of Allah^-azwj, and the one who rejects the Book of Allah^-azwj so he is a Kafir with it’.[10]

عن جعفر بن محمد الخزاعي، عن أبيه، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: «لما نزل رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) عرفات يوم الجمعة أتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام)، فقال له: يا محمد، إن الله يقرئك السلام، و يقول لك: قل لامتك الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ بولاية علي بن أبي طالب وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً و لست انزل عليكم بعد هذا، قد أنزلت عليكم الصلاة و الزكاة و الصوم و الحج، و هي الخامسة، و لست أقبل هذه الأربعة إلا بها».

From Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Khazai’e, from his father who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww encamped at Arafaat on the day of Friday, Jibraeel^-as came up to him^-saww as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Allah^-azwj Conveys His^-azwj Greeting to you^-saww and is Saying to you^-saww: “Say to your^-saww community Today I Perfected your Religion for you by the Wilayah of Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al-Islam as a Religion for you [5:3], and there will not be Revealed upon you all (any Obligation) after this, for there has been Revealed unto you the Salat, and the Zakat, and the Soam, and the Hajj, and this is the fifth, and these four wouldn’t be Acceptable except by it (Wilayah)’.[11]

و عنه، قال: أخبرنا جماعة، عن أبي المفضل، قال: حدثنا أبو محمد الفضل بن محمد بن المسيب الشعرانيبجرجان، قال: حدثنا هارون بن عمر بن عبد العزيز بن محمد بن أبو موسى المجاشعي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، عن علي أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، قال: «سمعت رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يقول: بناء  الإسلام على خمس خصال: على الشهادتين، و القرينتين

And from him, said, ‘A group informed us from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Abu Muhammad Al Fazl Bin Muhammad Bin Al Musayyab Al Sharanayjarjan, from Haroun Bin Umar Bin Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Musa Al Majashy,

(It has been narrated) from Muhammad son of Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from Abu Abdullah^-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws who said, ‘I^-asws heard Rasool-Allah^-saww saying: ‘Al-Islam is built upon five characteristics – upon the two testimonies and the two pairs’.

قيل له: أما الشهادتان فقد عرفناهما، فما القرينتان؟

It was said to him^-saww, ‘As for the two testimonies, so we have recognised them both. But, what are the two pairs?’

قال: الصلاة و الزكاة، فإنه لا تقبل إحداهما إلا بالأخرى، و الصيام و حج بيت الله من استطاع إليه سبيلا، و ختم ذلك بالولاية، فأنزل الله عز و جل: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً».

He^-saww said: ‘The Salat and the Zakat (being one pair), for one of these is not Acceptable except with the other one; and the Soam and the Hajj of the House of Allah^-azwj for the one who can capacity to it (being another pair), and that is sealed by the Wilayah. So Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al-Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]’’.[12]

الشيخ في (أماليه)، قال: أخبرنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن النعمان (رحمه الله)، قال: أخبرنا أبو الحسن أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن بن الوليد، قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد ابن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن المفضل بن عمر،

Al Sheykh in his Amaaly said, ‘It was informed to us by Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Numan, from Abu Al Hassan Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Ahmad Ibn Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,

عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام)، قال: «قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): أعطيت سبعا لم يعطها أحد قبلي سوى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، لقد فتحت لي السبل، و علمت المنايا، و البلايا، و الأنساب، و فصل الخطاب، و لقد نظرت إلى الملكوت بإذن ربي، فما غاب عني ما كان قبلي و لا ما يأتي بعدي،

From Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘I^-asws am Given seven (things) no one before me^-asws has been Given besides the Prophet^-saww. There has been Opened for me^-asws the ways, and I^-asws know the dreams, and the afflictions, and the lineages, and the decisive speech, and I^-asws looked at the Kingdoms by the Permission of my^-asws Lord^-azwj. Thus, it is not hidden from me^-asws whatever has happened before me^-asws, nor what is to come after me^-asws.

و إن بولايتي أكمل الله لهذه الامة دينهم، و أتم عليهم النعم، و رضي لهم إسلامهم، إذ يقول يوم الولاية لمحمد (صلى الله عليه و آله): يا محمد، أخبرهم أني أكملت لهم اليوم دينهم، و أتممت عليهم النعم، و رضيت لهم إسلامهم، كل ذلك من الله به علي فله الحمد».

And that it was by my^-asws Wilayah, Allah^-azwj Perfected for this community, their Religion, and Completed the Favours upon them, and was Pleased for them with their Islam, when He^-azwj was Saying on the Day of Al-Wilayah: “O Muhammad^-saww! Inform them that I^-azwj Perfected for them their Religion, and Completed the Favours upon them, and am Pleased for them with their Islam. All that, Allah^-azwj Conferred upon me^-asws. So for Him^-azwj is the Praise’’.[13]

What is the Religion?

وروي محمد بن جمهور، عن عبد الرحمان بن كثير، عن أبي جميلة، عن أبي اسامة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قوله عزوجل (أرأيت الذي يكذب بالدين) قال: بالولاية. يعني إن الدين هو الولاية.

And it has been reported from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, from Abu Jameela, from Abu Asaama,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Have you considered him who belied the Religion? [107:1]. The Imam^-asws said: ‘(Belied) the Wilayah. It means that the Religion (itself) is Al-Wilayah.

ويؤيده: قوله تعالى (إن الدين عند الله الاسلام) وهولا يتم إلا بالولاية، لانه سبحانه يوم فرض الولاية قال: (اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم وأتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الاسلام دينا). فلولا الولاية لم يكمل الدين، ولم تتم النعمة، ولم يرض الله سبحانه لنا دين الاسلام،

And it is supported by the Words of the Exalted: The Religion in the Presence of Allah is Al-Islam [3:19], and it is not complete except by Al-Wilayah, because the Glorious One^-azwj Said on the day that He^-azwj Obligated the Wilayah: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al-Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]. Had it not been for Al-Wilayah, the religion would not have been perfected, nor would the Favours have been completed, nor would Allah^-azwj the Glorious have been Pleased for us with the Religion of Al-Islam.

فلاجل ذلك صار الدين الولاية، فتمسك بها تكن من أهلها الموالين وقل عند لك: الحمد لله رب العالمين.

It is for that reason Al-Wilayah became the Religion, therefore attach yourselves to it, you would become from its people, the Al-Mawaleen (those with Al-Wilayah)’, and say during that, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Lord^-azwj of the Worlds’’.[14]

Why was the Religion Perfected?

حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر عن محمد بن عيسى عن الحسين بن سعيد عن جعفر بن بشير عن حماد بن ابى اسامة قال كنت عند ابى عبد الله عليه السلام وعنده رجل من المغيرية فسئل عن شئ من السنن فقال مامن شئ يحتاج إليه ولد آدم الا وقد خرجت فيه السنة من الله ومن رسوله ولولا ذلك ما احتج

It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Hamaad Bin Abu Osama who said:

‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah^-asws, and with him^-asws was a man from Al-Mugheyriya. He asked him^-asws about something from the Sunnah. He^-asws said: ‘There is nothing that a son of Adam^-as would need from it except that there will come out from it the Sunnah from Allah^‑azwj, and from His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and had it not been for that, what would be the argument?’

فقال المغيرى وبما احتج فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام قوله اليوم اكملت لكم دينكم واتممت عليكم نعمتي حتى فرغ من الاية فلو لم يكمل سنته وفرايضه وما يحتاج إليه الناس بما احتج به.

Al-Mugheyriya said, ‘And by what is the argument?’ Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘His^-azwj words: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al-Islam as a Religion for you – until he^-asws had finished reciting the Verse. He^-asws said: ‘Had He^-azwj not Completed His^-azwj Sunnah, and His^-azwj Obligations, and whatever that the people would need from Him^-azwj, by what would He^-azwj Argue with?’[15]

Completion of the Favours

عن هشام بن سالم، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «تمام النعمة: دخول الجنة».

From Hisham Bin Saalim,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Completion of the Favours – Entry into the Paradise’.[16]

The one whose Master I^-saww was, so Ali^-asws is his Master

الطبرسي، قال: حدثنا السيد العالم أبو الحمد مهدي بن نزار الحسيني، قال: حدثني أبو القاسم عبيد الله ابن عبد الله الحسكاني، قال: أخبرنا أبو عبد الله الشيرازي، قال: أخبرنا أبو بكر الجرجاني، قال: أخبرنا أبو أحمد البصري، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن عمار بن خالد، قال: حدثنا يحيى بن عبد الحميد الحماني، قال: حدثنا قيس بن الربيع، عن أبي هارون العبدي، عن أبي سعيد الخدري، أن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) لما نزلت هذه الآية، قال: «الله أكبر على إكمال الدين و إتمام النعمة و رضا الرب برسالتي و ولاية علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) من بعدي».

Al Tabarsy said, ‘Al Syed Al Aalim Abu Al Hamd Al Mahdy Bin Nazar Al Husayni narrated to us, from Abu Al Qasim Ubeydullah Ibn Abdullah Al Haskany, from Abu Abdullah Al Shirazi, from Abu Bakr Al Jarjany, from Abu Ahmad Al Basry, from Ahmad Bin Amaar Bin Khalid, from Yahya Bin Abdul Hameed Al Hamany, from Qays Bin Al Rabi’e, from Abu Haroun Al Abdy,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Saeed Al-Khudry who said, ‘When this Verse was Revealed (5:3), Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest upon the Perfection of the Religion and the Completion of the Favours, and Allah^-azwj is Pleased with my^-saww Message and the Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws from after me^-saww’.

و قال: «من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه، و عاد من عاداه، و انصر من نصره، و اخذل من خذله».

And he^-saww said: ‘The one whose Master I^-saww was, so Ali^-asws is his Master. O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and be Inimical to him who is inimical to him^-asws, and the Help the one the one helps him^-asws, and Abandon the one who abandons him^-asws’.[17]

[ ابن المغازلي ] أخبرنا أبو طاهر محمد بن علي بن محمد البيع البغدادي، أخبرنا أبو أحمد عبيدالله بن محمد بن أحمد بن أبي مسلم، حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد المعروف بابن عقدة الحافظ، حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن سعيد الأحمسي، حدثنا نصر بن مزاحم، عن أبي ساسان وأبي حمزة، عن أبي إسحاق السبيعي، عن عامر بن واثلة قال:

Ibn Al Maghazily – Abu Tahir Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Al Bay’a Al Baghdady informed us, from Abu Ahmad Ubeydullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Abu Muslim, from Abu Al Abbas Ahad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Marouf Ibn Uqda Al Hafiz, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Ahmasy, from Nasr Bin Mazahim, from Abu Sasaan and Abu Hamza, from Abu Is’haq Al Sabi’e, from Aamir Bin Wasila who said,

كنت مع علي (عليه السلام) في البيت يوم الشورى، فسمعت عليا يقول لهم: لأحتجن عليكم بما لا يستطيع عربيكم ولا عجميكم يغير ذلك…. إلى أن قال: فأنشدكم بالله هل فيكم أحد قال له رسول الله: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه اللهم وال من والاه وعاد من عاداه ليبلغ الشاهد منكم الغائب، غيري ؟ قالوا: اللهم لا.

‘I was with Ali^-asws in the house on the day of the consultation. So I heard Ali^-asws saying to them: ‘I^-asws will argue against you with what neither your Arab nor your non-Arab would be able to change that’ – until he^-asws said: ‘I^-asws adjure you with Allah^-azwj! Is there among you anyone to whom Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one whom I^-saww was the Master of, so Ali^-asws is his Master. O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him^-asws, apart from me^-asws?’ They said, ‘Our Allah^-azwj! No!’[18]

Declaration of Al-Wilayah in Ghadeer e Khum

قال: أنشدكم الله في قول الله: (يا أيها الذين آمنوا أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم) ، وقوله: (إنما وليكم الله ورسوله والذين آمنوا الذين يقيمون الصلاة ويؤتون الزكاة وهم راكعون)، ثم قال: (ولم يتخذ من دون الله ولا رسوله ولا المؤمنين وليجة)،

He^-asws (Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws) said: ‘I^-asws adjure you to Allah^-azwj regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj: O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you [4:59], and His^-azwj Words: But rather, Allah is your Guardian, and His Rasool and those who are believing, those who are establishing the Salat and are giving the Zakat while they are performing Ruku [5:55]; then Said: And neither take from besides Allah, nor His Rasool, nor the Momineen, a confidant [9:16].

فقال الناس: (يا رسول الله، أخاص لبعض المؤمنين أم عام لجميعهم)؟ فأمر الله عز وجل رسوله أن يعلمهم فيمن نزلت الآيات وأن يفسر لهم من الولاية ما فسر لهم من صلاتهم وصيامهم وزكاتهم وحجهم.

So the people said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww! Is it in particular for some of the Momineen or generally for all of them?’ So Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded His^-azwj Rasool^-saww that he^-saww teaches them regarding the ones for whom the Verses were Revealed, and that he^-saww should interpret about the ‘Wilayah’ just as he^-saww had interpreted to them of their Salats, and their Soams, and their Zakat, and their Hajj.

فنصبني بغدير خم وقال: (إن الله أرسلني برسالة ضاق بها صدري وظننت أن الناس مكذبوني، فأوعدني لأبلغنها أو يعذبني. قم يا علي).

So he^-saww nominated me^-asws at Ghadeer e Khum and said: ‘Allah^-azwj Sent me^-saww with a Message which constricted my^-saww chest and I^-saww thought that the people would belie me^-saww. So He^-azwj Promised me^-saww that I^-saww should preach it or else He^-azwj would Punish me^-saww. Arise! O Ali^-asws!’.

ثم نادى بالصلاة جامعة، فصلى بهم الظهر، ثم قال: (أيها الناس، إن الله مولاي وأنا مولى المؤمنين وأولى بهم من أنفسهم. ألا من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه وعاد من عاداه وانصر من نصره واخذل من خذله).

Then he^-saww called for the congregational Salat, so we all Prayed with him^-asws Al-Zohar Salat, then he^-saww said: ‘O you people! Surely Allah^-azwj is my^-saww Master, and I^-saww am the Master of the believers and foremost to them than their own selves. Indeed! The one whose Master I^-saww was, so Ali^-asws is his Master. O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him^-asws, and Help the one who helps him^-asws and Abandon the one who abandons him^-asws’.

فقام إليه سلمان الفارسي فقال: يا رسول الله، ولاؤه كما ذا؟ فقال: (ولاؤه كولايتي، من كنت أولى به من نفسه فعلي أولى به من نفسه)، وأنزل الله تبارك وتعالى: (اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم وأتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الإسلام دينا).

So Salman Al-Farsi^-ra stood up in front of him^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww, befriend him^-asws like what?’ He^-saww said: ‘Befriend him^-asws like you^-as are befriending me^-saww. The one to whom I^-saww am foremost than his own self, so Ali^-asws is foremost to him than his own self’, and Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]’.

فقال سلمان الفارسي: يا رسول الله، أنزلت هذه الآيات في علي خاصة؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: بل فيه وفي أوصيائي إلى يوم القيامة).

So Salman Al-Farsi^-ra said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww! This Verse is Revealed regarding Ali^-asws in particular?’ Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘Indeed, it is regarding him^-asws, and regarding my^-saww successors^-asws up to the Day of Judgement’.

ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (يا سلمان، اشهد أنت ومن حضرك بذلك وليبلغ الشاهد الغائب). فقال سلمان الفارسي: يا رسول الله، بينهم لنا.

Then Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘O Salman^-ra, you and those who are present are witnesses of that, and those present should make it reach to the ones who are absent’. Salman Al-Farsi^-ra said, ‘O Rasool Allah^-saww, explain clarify them^-asws for us’.

فقال: (علي أخي ووزيري ووصيي ووارثي وخليفتي في أمتي وولي كل مؤمن بعدي، وأحد عشر إماما من ولده. أولهم ابني الحسن، ثم الحسين، ثم تسعة من ولد الحسين واحدا بعد واحد. القرآن معهم وهم مع القرآن لا يفارقونه حتى يردوا علي الحوض).

So he^-saww said: ‘Ali^-asws, who is my^-saww brother, and my^-saww Vizier, and my^-saww successor, and my^-saww inheritor, and my^-saww Caliph in my^-saww community, and the Guardian of every believer after me^-saww, and eleven Imams^-asws from his sons^-asws. The first of them^-asws is my^-saww son Al-Hassan^-asws, then Al-Husayn^-asws, then nine from the sons^-asws of Al-Husayn^-asws, one after the other. The Quran is with them^-asws and they^-asws are with the Quran. Neither will it separate from them^-asws nor will they separate from it until they^-asws return to the Fountain’.

فقام اثنا عشر رجلا من البدريين فقالوا: نشهد أنا سمعنا ذلك من رسول الله كما قلت سواء لم تزد فيه ولم تنقص حرفا، وأشهدنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على ذلك. وقال بقية السبعين: قد سمعنا ذلك ولم نحفظ كله، وهؤلاء الاثنا عشر خيارنا وأفضلنا. فقال عليه السلام: صدقتم، ليس كل الناس يحفظ، بعضهم أحفظ من بعض.

Twelve men from the people of Badr stood up and said, ‘We testify that we heard that from the Rasool Allah^-saww as you^-asws have said it exactly, neither have you^-asws added nor you^-asws have been deficient by a single letter, and Rasool Allah^-saww made us witnesses on that’. And the remaining seventy said, ‘We have heard that but did not memorise all of it, and these twelve are our good ones, and the best ones of us’. So he^-asws said: ‘You spoke the truth. It is not for all the people to be memorisers, some of them are better at memorising than others’.

فقام من الاثني عشر أربعة: أبو الهيثم بن التيهان وأبو أيوب الأنصاري وعمار بن ياسر وخزيمة بن ثابت ذو الشهادتين رحمهم الله، فقالوا: نشهد أنا قد سمعنا قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وحفظناه أنه قال يومئذ وهو قائم وعلي قائم إلى جنبه.

Four from the twelve stood up – Abu Al-Haysam Bin Al-Tayham, and Abu Ayyub Al-Ansary, and Amaar Bin Yaaser, and Khuzayma Bin Sabit, the one with the two testimonies, may Allah^-azwj have Mercy on them – so they said, ‘We testify that we have heard the words of Rasool Allah^-saww and we have preserved it that he^-saww did say one day, and he^-saww was standing, and Ali^-asws was standing beside him^-saww.

ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (يا أيها الناس، إن الله أمرني أن أنصب لكم إماما ووصيا يكون وصي نبيكم فيكم وخليفتي في أمتي وفي أهل بيتي من بعدي والذي فرض الله على المؤمنين في كتابه طاعته وأمركم فيه بولايته. فراجعت ربي خشية طعن أهل النفاق وتكذيبهم، فأوعدني لأبلغها أو ليعذبني).

Then Rasool Allah^-saww said: ‘O you people! Allah^-azwj has Commanded me^-saww that I^-saww should nominate for you an Imam^-asws and a successor^-asws who will be the successor^-asws of your Prophet^-saww among you, and my^-saww Caliph in my^-saww community, and among the People^-asws of my^-saww Household after me^-saww, and the one^-asws for whom Allah^-azwj has Obligated upon the believers, in His^-azwj book, obedience to him^-asws, and has Commanded to you all in it for his^-asws ‘Wilayah’. So I^-saww referred it back to my^-saww Lord out of fear of the hypocrites and their belying it, so He^-azwj Promised me^-saww that (He^-azwj will Protect me^-saww) but if I^-saww do not preach it, He^-azwj would Punish me^-saww’.

ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (أيها الناس، إن الله – جل اسمه – أمركم في كتابه بالصلاة وقد بينتها لكم وسننتها، والزكاة والصوم والحج فبينتها وفسرتها لكم، وأمركم في كتابه بالولاية وإني أشهدكم أيها الناس أنها خاصة لعلي بن أبي طالب والأوصياء من ولدي وولد أخي ووصيي، علي أولهم ثم الحسن ثم الحسين ثم تسعة من ولد الحسين ابني، لا يفارقون الكتاب ولا يفارقهم حتى يردوا علي الحوض.

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O you people! Surely Allah^-azwj – Majestic is His^-azwj Name – has Commanded you all in His^-azwj Book for the Salat and I^-saww have explained it for you and its mannerism, and the Zakat, and the Soam, and the Hajj. So I^-saww explained these to you and interpreted them for you all, and He^-azwj Commanded you all in His^-azwj Book for the ‘Wilayah’, and I^-saww adjure you, O you people, that it is in particular for Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and the successors^-asws from my^-saww sons^-asws and the sons^-asws of my^-saww brother and my^-saww successor^-asws. Ali^-asws is the first of them^-asws, then Al-Hassan^-asws, then Al-Husayn^-asws, then nine from the sons^-asws of Al-Husayn^-asws – my^-saww son^-asws. Neither will the Book be separated from them^-asws nor will they^-asws separate from it until they^-asws return to the Fountain.

يا أيها الناس، إني قد أعلمتكم مفزعكم وإمامكم بعدي ودليلكم وهاديكم وهو أخي علي بن أبي طالب، وهو فيكم بمنزلتي فيكم،

O you people! I^-saww have made known to you your ‘Guide’ and your Imam^-asws after me^-saww, and your indicator and your guide, and he^-asws is Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and he^-asws is among you at the status that I^-saww have among you.

فقلدوه دينكم وأطيعوه في جميع أموركم، فإن عنده جميع ما علمني الله وأمرني الله أن أعلمه إياه وأعلمكم أنه عنده، فاسألوه وتعلموا منه ومن أوصيائه بعده، ولا تعلموهم ولا تتقدموهم ولا تتخلفوا عنهم، فإنهم مع الحق والحق معهم لا يزايلوه ولا يزايلهم).

So emulate him^-asws (do his^-asws Taqleed), and obey him^-asws in all of your affairs, for in his^-asws possession is what Allah^-azwj has Taught me^-saww, and Commanded me^-saww for, and I^-saww have made it known to him^-asws, and I^-saww am letting you know that it is with him^-asws. So ask him^-asws and learn from him^-asws and from the successors^-asws after him^-asws, and do not try to teach them^-asws nor precede them^-asws not be left behind them^-asws, for they^-asws are with the truth and the truth is with them^-asws, neither will they^-asws leave it nor will it leave them^-asws’.[19]

قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ:

He said, ‘It was narrated to us by Qays Bin Al Rabi’e, from Abu Haroun, from Abu Saeed,

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمَّا دَعَا النَّاسَ بَعْدَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ أَمَرَ بِمَا كَانَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ مِنَ الشَّوْكِ فَقَامَ وَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَأَخَذَ بِضَبْعَيْهِ فَرَفَعَهُمَا حَتَّى نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ إِبْطَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلامَ دِيناً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ عَلَى إِكْمَالِ الدِّينِ وَ إِتْمَامِهِ وَ رِضَا الرَّبِّ تَعَالَى بِرِسَالَتِي وَ الْوَلَايَةِ لِعَلِيٍّ.

‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww called the people after Ghadeer e Khum, he^-saww ordered with (the sweeping) of the thorns which were beneath the tree, so he^-saww stood, and that was on the day of Thursday. He^-saww called the people to Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and he^-saww grabbed his^-asws forearms and raised them both to the extent the people looked at the whiteness of his^-saww armpits. So they did not disperse until this Verse was Revealed Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest, upon having Perfected the Religion and its completion, and the Exalted Lord^-azwj is (now) Pleased with My^-azwj age and the Wilayah for Ali^-asws’’.[20]

What Happened Just after the Sermon of Rasool-Allah^-saww:

ثم قال الطبرسي في (الاحتجاج) عقيب الخطبة: روي عن الصادق (عليه السلام) أنه قال: «لما فرغ رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) من هذه الخطبة روي في الناس رجل جميل بهي طيب الريح، فقال: تالله ما رأيت محمدا كاليوم قط، ما أشد ما يؤكد لابن عمه! و إنه عقد عقدا لا يحله إلا كافر بالله العظيم و برسوله، ويل طويل لمن حل عقده.

The Al Tabarsy said in Al Ihtijaj –

‘(As for what happened immediately after the sermon), it is reported from Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww was free from this sermon, a man roamed among the people, being of beautiful image, perfumed aroma, and he said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! I have not seen Muhammad^-saww like today at all! How intense he^-as is in emphasising for his^-saww cousin, and he^-saww has tied such a knot that none would loosen it except for a Kafir with Allah^-azwj the Magnificent, and with His^-azwj Rasool^-saww. A lengthy woe be upon the one who loosens his^-saww knot’.

قال: فالتفت إليه عمر حين سمع كلامه فأعجبته هيئته، ثم التفت إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و قال: أما سمعت ما قال هذا الرجل؟! قال كذا و كذا.

He^-asws said: ‘So Umar turned towards him when he heard his speech and his body astounded him. Then he turned towards the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘Did you^-saww hear what this man said? He said such and such!’

فقال (صلى الله عليه و آله): يا عمر، أ تدري من ذلك الرجل؟ قال: لا. قال: ذلك الروح الأمين جبرئيل، فإياك أن تحله، فإنك إن فعلت فالله و رسوله و ملائكته و المؤمنون منك براء».

So he^-saww said: ‘O Umar! Do you know who that man is?’ He said, ‘No’. He^-saww said: ‘That is the Trustworthy Spirit Jibraeel^-as, therefore beware of loosening it, for if you were to do so, then Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and His^-azwj Angels, and the Momineen would be disavowed from you’’.[21]

و قال مولانا و إمامنا الصادق (عليه السلام): «إن حقوق الناس تعطى بشهادة شاهدين، و ما اعطي أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) حقه بشهادة عشرة آلاف نفس» يعني يوم غدير خم «إن هذا إلا ضلال عن الحق المبين.

And our Master and our Imam Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The rights of the people are given by the testimony of two witnesses, and Amir Al-Momineen^-asws was not given his^-asws right (even) after the witnessing of ten thousand people’ – meaning on the Day of Ghadeer e Khum – ‘This is nothing but straying from the clear Truth’.[22]

APPENDIX: A detailed Hadith on Ghadeer e Khum:

و رواه الشيخ الفاضل المتكلم الفقيه العالم الزاهد الورع أبو علي محمد بن أحمد بن علي الفتال- المعروف بابن الفارسي- و هو من أجلاء قدماء الإمامية من علمائها و متكلميها،

And it is reported by Al-Sheykh, the meritorious, the theologian, the jurist, the scholar, the ascetic, the pious Abu Ali Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Ali Al Fatal – well known as Ibn Al Farsi – and he is from the majestic of the ancient Imamites from its scholars and its theologians.

روى في كتابه المعروف ب (روضة الواعظين) عن أبي جعفر الباقر (عليه السلام)، قال: «حج رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) من المدينة، و قد بلغ جميع الشرائع قومه ما خلا الحج و الولاية،

He reports in his famous book Rowzat Al-Waizeen, from Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went for Hajj from Al-Medina, and he^-saww had already delivered the entirety of the Laws to his^-saww people apart from the Hajj and the Wilayah.

فأتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام)، فقال له: يا محمد، إن الله عز و جل يقرئك السلام، و يقول لك: إني لم أقبض نبيا من أنبيائي و رسلي إلا بعد إكمال ديني و تأكيد حجتي، و قد بقي عليك من ذلك فريضتان مما يحتاج أن تبلغهما قومك: فريضة الحج، و فريضة الولاية و الخلافة من بعدك، فإني لم أخل الأرض من حجة، و لن أخليها أبدا،

So Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww and said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the Greetings to you^-saww and is Saying to you^-saww: “I^-azwj did not Capture (the soul) of a Prophet^-as from My^-azwj Prophets^-as and My^-azwj Rasools^-as except after the Perfection of My^-azwj Religion and Emphasising My^-azwj Divine Authority. And (now) there remains upon you^-saww from that, two Obligations from what is needed that you^-saww. Deliver these two to your^-saww people – the Obligation of the Hajj and the Obligation of the Wilayah, and the Caliph (to be) from after you^-saww, for I^-azwj did not Keep the earth empty from a Divine Authority and will never Keep it empty, ever!”

و إن الله يأمرك أن تبلغ قومك الحج، تحج و يحج معك كل من استطاع السبيل من أهل الحضر و أهل الأطراف و الأعراب، و تعلمهم من حجهم مثل ما علمتهم من صلاتهم و زكاتهم و صيامهم، و توقفهم من ذلك على مثال الذي أوقفتهم عليه من جميع ما بلغتهم من الشرائع.

And that Allah^-azwj Commands you^-saww: “Deliver to your^-saww people (the method) of Hajj. You^-saww should perform Hajj and he should (also) perform Hajj along with you^-saww, the one who has the capacity for the way, from the people present, and the people of the outskirts and the Bedouins, and you^-saww should teach them their Hajj similar to what you^-saww taught them of their Salat, and their Zakat, and their Soam, and you^-saww should pause them upon the like of what I^-azwj Paused them upon, from the entirety of what you^-saww delivered from the Laws”’.

فنادى منادي رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) في الناس: ألا إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يريد الحج و أن يعلمكم من ذلك مثل الذي علمكم من شرائع دينكم، و يوقفكم من ذلك على ما أوقفكم عليه.

So a caller of Rasool-Allah^-saww called out among the people, ‘Indeed! Rasool-Allah^-saww intends to perform the Hajj and to teach you all from that similar to which he^-saww taught from the Laws of your Religion, and pause you all from that upon what he^-saww pauses upon!’

و خرج رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) و خرج معه الناس، و أصغوا إليه لينظروا ما يصنع فيصنعوا مثله،

And Rasool-Allah^-saww went out and the people went out along with him^-saww, and they paid attention to him^-saww in order to look at what he^-saww does, so they could do similar to it.

فحج بهم فبلغ من حج مع رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) من أهل المدينة و أهل الأطراف و الأعراب سبعين ألف إنسان أو يزيدون «1»، على نحو عدد أصحاب موسى السبعين ألف الذين أخذ عليهم بيعة هارون (عليه السلام) فنكثوا و اتبعوا العجل و السامري، و كذلك أخذ رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) البيعة لعلي (عليه السلام) بالخلافة- على عدد أصحاب موسى- فنكثوا البيعة و اتبعوا العجل و السامري سنة بسنة، و مثلا بمثل،

So he^-saww performed Hajj with them, and there reached the ones to perform Hajj along with Rasool-Allah^-saww, from the people of Al-Medina, and the people of the outskirts, and the Bedouins, seventy thousand people or more, upon an approximation of the seventy thousand companions of Musa^-as, those upon whom he^-as took the allegiance for Haroun^-as, but they broke it and followed the calf and Al-Samiry. And similar to that, Rasool-Allah^-saww took the allegiance for Ali^-asws with the Caliphate – upon a number of the companions of Musa^-as – but they broke the allegiance and followed the calf and Al-Samiry, way by way and like by like.

و اتصلت التلبية ما بين مكة و المدينة، فلما توقف بالموقف أتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام)، فقال: يا محمد، إن الله عز و جل يقرئك السلام، و يقول لك، إنه قد دنا أجلك و مدتك، و إني أستقدمك على ما لا بد منه و لا محيص عنه،

And he^-saww exclaimed the Talbiyya in what is between Makkah and Al-Medina. So when he^-saww paused at the juncture, Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww and he^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the Greetings to you^-saww, and is Saying to you^-saww: “It is so that (the end) of your^-saww term and your^-saww period has approached, and I^-azwj Preceded you^-saww upon what is inevitable from it and there is no avoidance from it.

فاعهد عهدك، و قدم وصيتك، و اعمد إلى ما عندك من العلم و ميراث علوم الأنبياء من قبلك، و السلاح و التابوت و جميع ما عندك من آيات الأنبياء من قبلك، فسلمها إلى وصيك و خليفتك من بعدك، حجتي البالغة على خلقي علي بن أبي طالب،

So pledge your^-saww covenant and set forth your^-saww bequest, and deliberate to what is with you from the knowledge and the inheritance of the knowledge of the Prophets from before you^-saww, and the weapons, and the casket, and the entirety of whatever is with you^-saww from the Signs of the Prophets^-as from before you^-saww, and submit these to your^-saww successor^-asws and your^-saww Caliph from after you^-saww, him^-asws being My^-azwj Delivering Divine Authority upon My^-azwj creatures, Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws.

فأقمه للناس و خذ عهده و ميثاقه و بيعته، و ذكرهم ما أخذت عليهم من بيعتي و ميثاقي الذي واثقتهم به، و عهدي الذي عهدت إليهم من ولاية وليي، و مولاهم و مولى كل مؤمن و مؤمنة، علي بن أبي طالب.

Therefore, establish him^-asws for the people and take his^-asws pact and his^-asws covenant and his^-asws allegiance, and mention to them what I^-azwj have Taken upon them from My^-azwj Allegiance and My^-azwj Covenant which I^-azwj Bound them with, and My^-azwj Pact which I^-azwj made a pact to them of the Wilayah of My^-azwj Guardian^-asws, and their Master^-asws and the Master^-asws of every Momin and Momina, Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws.

فإني لم أقبض نبيا من أنبيائي إلا بعد إكمال حجتي و ديني، و إتمام نعمتي بولاية أوليائي و معاداة أعدائي، و ذلك كمال توحيدي و ديني، و تمام نعمتي على خلقي باتباع وليي و إطاعته، و ذلك أني لا أترك أرضي بغير قيم ليكون حجة على خلقي،

So I^-azwj do not Capture (the soul of) a Prophet^-as from My^-azwj Prophets^-as except after the Perfection of My^-azwj Argument and My^-azwj Religion, and Completion of My^-azwj Favours by the Wilayah of My^-azwj Guardian^-asws and the enmity of My^-azwj enemies – and that is the perfection of My^-azwj Tawheed and My^-azwj Religion, and Completion of My^-azwj Favours upon My^-azwj creatures by their following My^-azwj Guardian^-asws and obeying him^-asws, and that I^-azwj do not Leave My^-azwj earth without a Custodian who would happen to a Divine Authority upon My^-azwj creatures.

فاليوم أكملت لكم دينكم، و أتممت عليكم نعمتي، و رضيت لكم الإسلام دينا علي وليي و مولى كل مؤمن و مؤمنة، علي عبدي و وصي نبيي و الخليفة من بعده، و حجتي البالغة على خلقي، مقرون طاعته مع طاعة محمد نبيي، و مقرون طاعة محمد بطاعتي، من أطاعه فقد أطاعني، و من عصاه فقد عصاني،

Today I Perfected your Religion for you and Completed My Favour upon you, and am Pleased with Al Islam as a Religion for you [5:3]. Ali^-asws is My^-azwj Guardian^-asws and Master of every Momin and Momina. Ali^-asws is My^-azwj servant and the successor^-asws of My^-azwj Prophet^-saww and the Caliph from after him^-saww, and My^-azwj Delivering Divine Authority upon My^-azwj creatures. Obedience to him^-asws is paired with obedience to Muhammad^-saww, My^-azwj Prophet^-saww, and the Obedience to Muhammad^-saww is paired with obedience to Me^-azwj. The one who obeys him^-asws so he has Obeyed Me^-azwj, and the one who disobeys him^-asws, so he has disobeyed Me^-azwj.

جعلته علما بيني و بين خلقي، فمن عرفه كان مؤمنا، و من أنكره كان كافرا، و من أشرك ببيعته كان مشركا، و من لقيني بولايته دخل الجنة، و من لقيني بعداوته دخل النار. فأقم يا محمد عليا علما، و خذ عليهم البيعة، و خذ عهدي و ميثاقي لهم الذي واثقتهم عليه فإني قابضك إلي، و مستقدمك.

I^-azwj Made him^-asws a flag between Me^-azwj and My^-azwj creatures, so the one who recognises him^-asws would be a Momin, and the one who denies him would be a Kafir, and the one who associates in his^-asws allegiance would be a Mushrik, and the one who meets Me^-azwj having his^-asws Wilayah would enter the Paradise, and the one who meets Me^-azwj having his^-asws enmity would enter the Fire. So establish, O Muhammad^-saww, Ali^-asws as a flag, and take the allegiance upon them, and take My^-azwj Pact and My^-azwj Covenant to them which I^-azwj Bound them upon, for I^-azwj am (about to) Capture you^-saww to Me^-azwj and Proceed you^-saww (to Me^-azwj)!”

فخشي رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) قومه و أهل النفاق و الشقاق أن يتفرقوا و يرجعوا جاهلية لما عرف من عداوتهم، و ما يبطنون عليه أنفسهم لعلي (عليه السلام) من البغضاء، و سأل جبرئيل (عليه السلام) أن يسأل ربه العصمة من الناس و انتظر أن يأتيه جبرئيل بالعصمة من الناس من الله عز و جل،

But Rasool-Allah^-saww feared his^-saww people and the people of hypocrisy and the wretchedness that they would be dividing and returning to (the ways of the) Pre-Islamic period when he^-saww recognise their enmity and what they were concealing within themselves for Ali^-asws, of the hatred, and he^-saww asked Jibraeel^-as to ask his^-saww Lord^-azwj for the Protection from the people, and he^-saww awaited for Jibraeel^-as to come to him^-saww with the Protection from the people, from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic.

فأخر ذلك إلى أن بلغ مسجد الخيف، فأتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام) و أمره أن يعهد عهده و يقيم حجته عليا للناس، و لم يأته بالعصمة من الله عز و جل بالذي أراد حتى بلغ كراع الغميم- بين مكة و المدينة-

So he^-asws delayed that until he^-saww reached Masjid Al-Khief, and Jibraeel^-as came to him^-as and instructed him^-saww that he^-saww should pact his covenant and establish His^-azwj Divine Authority Ali^-asws to the people, and (but) did not come with the Protection from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic which he^-saww wanted until he^-saww reached Kara’a Al-Ghameem – between Makkah and Al-Medina.

فأتاه جبرئيل و أمره بالذي امر به من قبل و لم يأته بالعصمة، فقال: يا جبرئيل، إني لأخشى قومي أن يكذبوني، و لا يقبلوا قولي في علي. فرحل،

So Jibraeel^-as came to him^-as and instructed him^-saww with that which he^-as had instructed him^-saww with from before, and (but still) did not come to him with the Protection. So he^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! I^-saww am fearing my^-saww people that they would belie me^-saww and they would not be accepting my^-saww words regarding Ali^-asws’. So he^-as departed.

فلما بلغ غدير خم قبل الجحفة بثلاثة أميال، أتاه جبرئيل (عليه السلام) على خمس ساعات مضت من النهار بالزجر و الانتهار و العصمة من الناس، فقال: يا محمد، إن الله عز و جل يقرئك السلام، و يقول لك: يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ في علي وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ

So when he^-saww reached Ghadeer e Khum before Al Juhfa by three miles, Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww after five hours having passed from the day, with the Rebuke and the Reprimand and the Protection from the people, and he^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the Greetings to you^-saww, and is Saying to you^-saww: “O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord regarding Ali and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67]”’

فكان أولهم بلغ قرب الجحفة فأمره أن يرد من تقدم منهم، و يحبس من تأخر منهم في ذلك المكان، ليقيم عليا (عليه السلام) للناس، و يبلغهم ما أنزل الله عز و جل في علي (عليه السلام) و أخبره أن الله تعالى قد عصمه من الناس.

And it was so that the first of them he^-saww delivered to was near to Al Juhfa. He^-saww ordered that the ones who had preceded from them should be returned, and the ones delayed should be withheld in that place, in order for him^-saww to establish Ali^-asws to the people, and to deliver what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Revealed regarding Ali^-asws, and he^-as (Jibraeel^-as) informed him^-saww that Allah^-azwj the Exalted has Protected him^-saww from the people.

فأمر رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) عند ما جاءته العصمة مناديا ينادي، فنادى في الناس بالصلاة جامعة، و تنحى عن يمين الطريق إلى جنب مسجد الغدير، أمره بذلك جبرئيل (عليه السلام) عن الله تعالى، و في الموضع سلمات

Thus Rasool-Allah^-saww, when there came to him^-saww the Protection, ordered a caller to call out. So he called out among the people with the congregational Salat, and to step aside from the right hand side of the road to the side of Masjid Al-Ghadeer. Jibraeel^-as had instructed him^-saww with that on behalf of Allah^-azwj the Exalted, and be in a place of the Salmaat (thorny bushes).

فأمر رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) أن يقم ما تحتهن، و ينصب له أحجار كهيئة المنبر ليشرف على الناس، فتراجع الناس و احتبس أواخرهم في ذلك المكان لا يزالون، و قام رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فوق تلك الأحجار، و قال (صلى الله عليه و آله):

So Rasool-Allah^-saww ordered that he^-saww would be standing in what is beneath these, and that the rocks be established for him as if it were a Pulpit for him^-saww to oversee the people. So the (preceding) people were returned, and their delayed ones were withheld in that place, not moving, and Rasool-Allah^-saww stood above those rocks and said: –

الحمد لله الذي علا بتوحيده، و دنا في تفريده، و جل في سلطانه، و عظم في أركانه، و أحاط بكل شي‏ء علما و هو في مكانه، و قهر جميع الخلق بقدرته و برهانه. حميد لم يزل محمودا، و لا يزال مجيدا، لا يزول مبدئا و معيدا، و كل أمر إليه يعود بارئ المسموكات، و داحي المدحوات،

‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who is Exalted by His^-azwj Tawheed, and is near in His^-azwj Individuality, and is Majestic in His^-azwj Authority, and Magnificent in His^-azwj Elements, and is Encompassing with all things in Knowledge, and He^-azwj in His^-azwj Position, and Subdues the entirety of the creature by His^-azwj Power and His^-azwj Proof. A Praise One who did not cease to be the most Praised, nor did He^-azwj cease to be Glorified, nor ceased to be the Initiator and a Repeater, and every matter would be returning to Him^-azwj, the Originator of the movements, Connector of the connections.

قدوس سبوح رب الملائكة و الروح، متفضل على جميع من برأه، متطول على جميع من ذرأه، يلحظ كل عين و العيون لا تراه. كريم رحيم ذو أناة، قد وسع كل شي‏ء رحمته، و من على جميع خلقه بنعمته،

Holy, Glorious, is the Lord^-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit, superior over the entirety of the ones away from Him^-azwj, Extending upon the entirety of His^-azwj creation, Observing every eye while the eyes do not see Him^-azwj. Benevolent, Merciful, One with Patience. His^-azwj Mercy contains all things, and He^-azwj Confers upon the entirety of His^-azwj creatures with His^-azwj Bounties.

لا يعجل بانتقامه، و لا يبادر عليهم بما استحقوا من عذابه، قد فهم السرائر، و علم الضمائر، و لم تخف عليه المكنونات، و ما اشتبهت عليه الخفيات، له الإحاطة بكل شي‏ء، و الغلبة لكل شي‏ء، و القوة في كل شي‏ء، و القدرة على كل شي‏ء،

He^-azwj is neither Hasty with His^-azwj Revenge nor does He^-azwj Initiate with what they are deserving from His^-azwj Punishment. He^-azwj Understands the secrets and Knows the consciences, and the hidden is not concealed from Him^-azwj, and the hidden matters are not doubtful upon Him^-azwj. For Him^-azwj is the Encompassing with all things, and the Overcoming of all things, and the Strength regarding all things, and the Power upon all things.

لا مثله شي‏ء، و هو منشئ الشي‏ء حين لا شي‏ء و حين لا حي. قائم بالقسط لا إله إلا هو العزيز الحكيم، جل عن أن تدركه الأبصار، و هو يدرك الأبصار، و هو اللطيف الخبير، لا يلحق وصفه أحد بمعاينة و لا يحد، كيف و هو من سر و لا علانية، إلا بما دل عز و جل على نفسه.

There is nothing like Him^-azwj, and He^-azwj is the Constructor of the things when there was neither a thing nor a life. Standing with the Justice, there is no god except Him^-azwj, the Mighty, the Wise. He^-azwj is more Majestic than for the visions to visualise Him^-azwj, and He^-azwj visualises the visions. And He^-azwj is the Subtle, the Aware. No one can reach His^-azwj Attributes with its preview nor can He^-azwj be limited. How (can it be so) and He^-azwj is from a Secret and not public, except with what the Mighty and Majestic Indicated upon Himself^-azwj?

أشهد له بأنه الله الذي لا إله إلا هو، الذي أبلى الدهر قدسه، و الذي يفني الأبد نوره، و الذي ينفذ أمره بلا مشاورة مشير، و لا معه شريك في تقدير، و لا تفاوت في تدبير،

I^-saww bear witness for Him^-azwj that there is no god except Him^-azwj Whose Holiness would outlast the eternity, and Whose Light would Extinguish the permanence, and Whose Command will be implemented without consulting consultants. And there is no associate with Him^-azwj in His^-azwj Pre-determination, nor is there any discrepancy in His^-azwj Management.

صور ما ابتدع بلا مثال، و خلق ما خلق بلا معونة من أحد، و لا تكلف و لا احتيال، أنشأها فكانت، و برأها فبانت، و هو الله الذي لا إله إلا هو المتقن الصنعة، الحسن الصنيعة، العدل الذي لا يجور، و الأكرم الذي إليه ترجع الأمور.

He^-azwj Images whatever He^-azwj Initiated without a (prior) example, and Creates whatever He^-azwj Creates without assistance from anyone, nor being encumbered nor artificialness. He^-azwj Desires it, so it happens, and He^-azwj Constructs it so it is built. He^-azwj is Allah^-azwj Who, there is no god except Him^-azwj, of elaborate workmanship, and the excellent workmanship. The Just One Who is not tyrannous, and the Benevolent to Whom return (all) the matters.

و أشهد أنه الله الذي تواضع كل شي‏ء لعظمته، و ذل كل شي‏ء لعزته، و أسلم كل شي‏ء لقدرته، و خضع كل‏ شي‏ء لهيبته مالك «1» الأملاك، و مسخر الشمس و القمر في الأفلاك، كل يجري لأجل مسمى، يكور الليل على النهار، و يكور النهار على الليل،

And I^-saww testify that He^-azwj is Allah^-azwj Who Placed all things for His^-azwj Magnificence, and Humiliated all things for His^-azwj Honour, and Submitted all things for His^-azwj Power, and Subjugated all things for his Awe. He^-azwj is the King of the kings, and He^-azwj Cause the subservience of the sun and the moon in the orbits, each flowing to a specified term. He^-azwj Wraps the night upon the day and Wraps the day upon the night.

يطلبه حثيثا، قاصم كل جبار عنيد، و مهلك كل شيطان مريد، لم يكن له ضد، و لا معه ند، أحد صمد، لم يلد و لم يولد، و لم يكن له كفوا أحد، إلها واحدا و ربا ماجدا،

Seek Him^-azwj desperately. He^-azwj Crushes every stubborn tyrant, and Destroys every rebellious satan^-la. There is no opponent for Him^-azwj nor is there a match for Him^-azwj. He^-azwj is One, Last. He^-azwj does not beget nor is He^-azwj begotten, and there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him^-azwj. One God, and a Glorious Lord^-azwj.

يشاء فيمضي، و يريد فيقضي، و يعلم فيحصي، و يميت و يحيي، و يفقر و يغني، و يضحك و يبكي، و يدني و يقصي، و يمنع و يعطي.

He Desires so He^-azwj Accomplishes, and He^-azwj Intends so He^-azwj Ordains, and He^-azwj Knows so He^-azwj Counts, and He^-azwj Causes to die and to live, and He^-azwj Impoverishes and Enriches, and He^-azwj Causes to laugh and cry, and He^-azwj Draws near and Distances, and He^-azwj Deprives and Gives.

له الملك و له الحمد، بيده الخير، و هو على كل شي‏ء قدير، يولج الليل في النهار، و يولج النهار في الليل، لا إله إلا هو العزيز الغفار، مستجيب الدعاء، جزيل العطاء، محصي الأنفاس، رب الجنة و الناس،

For Him^-azwj is the Kingdom and for Him^-azwj is the Praise. In His^-azwj Hand is the good, and He^-azwj is Able upon all things. He^-azwj Merges the night into the day, and He^-azwj Merges the day into the night. There is no god except Him^-azwj, the Mighty, the Forgiver, Answerer of the supplication, Ample of the Giving, Counter of the breaths, Lord^-azwj of the Paradise and the people.

الذي لا تشكل عليه لغة، و لا يضجره المستصرخون، و لا يبرمه إلحاح الملحين، العاصم للصالحين، و الموفق للمتقين، مولى المؤمنين «3»، رب العالمين، الذي استحق من كل خلق أن يشكره و يحمده على كل حال.

(He^-azwj is) One Whom a language cannot comprise, nor can the screamers anger Him^-azwj, nor can the urgency of the pressing ones force Him^-azwj, and the compromise of the pious. He^-azwj is the Master of the Momineen, Lord^-azwj of the worlds, Who is Rightful from every creature that he thanks Him^-azwj and praises Him^-azwj upon every state.

أحمده و أشكره على السراء و الضراء، و الشدة و الرخاء، و أؤمن به و بملائكته و كتبه و رسله، فاسمعوا و أطيعوا لأمره، و بادروا إلى مرضاته، و سلموا لقضائه رغبة في طاعته، و خوفا من عقوبته، لأنه الله الذي لا يؤمن مكره، و لا يخاف جوره.

I^-saww praise Him^-azwj and thank Him^-azwj upon the good times and the bad times, and the adversities and the prosperity, and I^-azwj believe in Him^-azwj, and in His^-azwj Angels, and His^-azwj Books, and His^-azwj Rasools^-as, so Listen and be obedient to His^-azwj Command and take the initiative to His^-azwj Pleasure, and submit to His^-azwj Judgment desirously in His^-azwj obedience, and fearing from His^-azwj Punishment, because Allah^-azwj is One Who there is no safety from His^-azwj Plan nor any fear from Him^-azwj being tyrannous.

أقر له على نفسي بالعبودية، و أشهد له بالربوبية، و أؤدي ما أوحى إلي به خوفا و حذرا من أن تحل بي قارعة لا يدفعها عني أحد، و إن عظمت منته، و صفت خلته، لأنه لا إله إلا هو

I accept for Him^-azwj upon myself^-saww with the slavery and I^-saww testify for Him^-azwj with the Lordship, and I^-saww hereby perform what He^-azwj has Revealed unto me^-saww, being fearful and cautious from a Revenge being released with me^-saww which none would be able to defend from me^-saww, and that I^-saww revere His^-azwj Eternality and I^-saww have described His^-azwj Attributes, because there is no god except Him^-azwj.

قد أعلمني إن لم أبلغ ما أنزل إلي فما بلغت رسالته، و قد ضمن لي العصمة، و هو الله الكافي الكريم، و أوحى إلي: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ في علي وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ.

He^-azwj has Let me know that if I^-saww do not deliver what He^-azwj Revealed unto me^-saww, so (it is as if) I^-saww have not delivered His^-azwj Message (at all), and He^-azwj has Guaranteed the Protection for me^-saww, and He^-azwj is Allah^-azwj, the Adequate, the Benevolent. And He^-azwj has Revealed unto me^-saww: In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67].

معاشر الناس، ما قصرت عن تبليغ ما أنزله تعالى، و أنا مبين لكم سبب نزول هذه الآية:

Group of people! I^-saww have not been deficient from delivering whatever the Exalted One Revealed, and I^-saww will (now) clarify to you all the reason for the Revelation of this Verse.

إن جبرئيل (عليه السلام) هبط إلي مرارا ثلاثا، يأمرني عن السلام ربي، و هو السلام، أن أقوم في هذا المشهد فأعلم كل أبيض و أحمر و أسود أن علي بن أبي طالب أخي و وصيي و خليفتي، و هو الإمام من بعدي الذي محله مني محل هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي،

Jibraeel^-as descended unto me^-saww three times, instructing me^-saww on behalf of Al Salaam (the safety Provider), my^-saww Lord^-azwj, and He^-azwj is Al Salaam, that I^-saww should stand in this landscape and let know every white and red and black (person) that Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws is my^-saww brother, and my^-saww successor, and my^-saww Caliph, and he^-asws is the Imam^-asws from after me^-saww, whose place from me^-saww is the place of Haroun^-as from Musa^-as, except that there would be no Prophet^-as after me^-saww.

و هو وليكم بعد الله و رسوله، و قد أنزل الله تبارك و تعالى علي بذلك آية من كتابه: إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكاةَ وَ هُمْ راكِعُونَ و علي بن أبي طالب الذي أقام الصلاة و آتى الزكاة و هو راكع يريد الله عز و جل في كل حال.

And he^-asws is your Guardian^-asws after Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed unto me^-saww with that a Verse from His^-azwj Book: But rather, Allah is your Guardian, and His Rasool and those who are believing, those who are establishing the Salat and are giving the Zakat while they are performing Ruku [5:55], and (it was) Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws who established the Salat and gave the Zakat while he^-asws was performing Ruku, intending Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic during every state.

و سألت جبرئيل (عليه السلام) أن يستعفي لي من تبليغ ذلك إليكم- أيها الناس- لعلمي بقلة المتقين، و كثرة المنافقين، و إدغال الآثمين، و ختل المستهزئين، الذين وصفهم الله في كتابه بأنهم‏ يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ ما لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ

And I^-saww asked Jibraeel^-as to exempt me^-saww from delivering that to you all – O you people – due to my^-saww knowledge of the scarcity of the pious ones and abundance of the hypocrites, and the corruption of the sinners, and the deception of the mockers, those whom Allah^-azwj has Described in His^-azwj Book that: They are saying with their tongues what isn’t in their hearts [48:11].

و يحسبونه هينا، و هو عند الله عظيم، لكثرة أذاهم لي غير مرة حتى سموني أذنا و زعموا أنه كذلك، لكثرة ملازمتي إياه  و إقبالي عليه حتى أنزل الله في ذلك الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ النَّبِيَّ وَ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ فقال قُلْ أُذُنُ على الذين يزعمون أنه أذن خَيْرٍ لَكُمْ إلى آخر الآية،

And they are considering it as insignificant while it is grievous in the Presence of Allah^-azwj, due to their frequently hurting me^-saww time and against until they hear me^-saww with their ears and they claimed that it was like that, due to my^-saww frequently adhering to him^-asws and my^-saww facing towards him^-asws, until Allah^-azwj Revealed regarding that: And those who are hurting the Prophet and are saying, ‘He is a hearer’. (He Said): “Say: ‘A hearer – upon those who are claiming that he is a hearer, is better for you [9:61] – up to the end of the Verse.

و لو شئت أن أسمي القائلين بأسمائهم لسميت و أومأت إليهم بأعيانهم، و لو شئت أن أدل عليهم لدللت، و لكني في أمرهم قد تكرمت، و كل ذلك لا يرضى الله عني إلا أن ابلغ ما أنزل إلي، فقال: يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ في علي وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ الآية.

And if I^-saww had desired to name the speakers with their names, I^-saww would have named, and gestured towards them with their elders, and if I^-asws had desired to point upon them I^-saww would have pointed. But, with regards to their matter, I^-saww have been gracious, and all that Allah^-azwj is not Pleased from me^-saww until I^-saww deliver what He^-azwj Revealed unto me^-saww, so He^-azwj Said: O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people [5:67] – the Verse.

فاعلموا- معاشر الناس- و افهموه، و اعلموا أن الله قد نصبه لكم وليا و إماما، مفترضة طاعته على المهاجرين و الأنصار، و على التابعين لهم بإحسان، و على البادي و الحاضر، و الأعجمي و العربي، و الحر و المملوك، و الصغير و الكبير، و على الأبيض و الأسود، و على كل موحد،

Therefore know – group of people – and understand it, and know that Allah^-azwj has Nominated him^-asws for you all as a Guardian^-asws and an Imam^-asws of Obligatory obedience, upon the Emigrants and the Helpers, and upon those following them with goodness, and upon the Bedouins present, and the non-Arabs and the Arabs, and the free and the slaves, and the young and the old, and upon the white and the black, and upon every believer in Tawheed.

ماض حكمه، جائز قوله، نافذ أمره، ملعون من خالفه، مرحوم من تبعه، مؤمن من صدقه، قد غفر الله لمن سمع و أطاع له.

His^-azwj Judgment would be accomplished and His^-azwj Word is Law, and His^-azwj Command would be implemented. Accursed is the one who opposes it, Mercied is the one who follows it, Momin is the one who ratifies it. Allah^-azwj has Forgiven (the sins) of the one who heard and is obedient to him^-asws.

معاشر الناس، إنه آخر مقام أقومه في هذا المشهد، فاسمعوا و أطيعوا و انقادوا لأمر ربكم، فإن الله عز و جل هو مولاكم و إلهكم، ثم من دونه رسوله محمد وليكم القائم المخاطب لكم، ثم من بعدي علي وليكم و إمامكم بأمر من الله ربكم، ثم الإمامة في الذين من صلبه إلى يوم يلقون الله و رسوله،

Group of people! It is the last place I^-saww am establishing him^-asws in this landscape, therefore hear and obey and be led to the Command of your Lord^-azwj, for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, He^-azwj is your Master and your God, then from besides Him^-azwj is His^-azwj Rasool^-saww Muhammad^-saww, being your Master, standing addressing you all, then from after me^-asws Ali^-asws is your Master and your Imam^-asws by a Command from Allah^-azwj your Lord^-azwj. Then the Imamate would be in those from his^-asws lineage up to the Day they^-asws would be meeting Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww.

لا حلال إلا ما أحله الله، و لا حرام إلا ما حرمه الله، عرفني الحلال و الحرام، و أنا قضيت مما علمني ربي من كتابه و حلاله و حرامه إليه.

There is neither a Permissible except what Allah^-azwj Permitted, nor a Prohibition except what Allah^-azwj Prohibited. He^-azwj Caused me^-saww to recognise the Permissible(s) and the Prohibitions, and I^-saww judge from what my^-saww Lord^-azwj Taught me^-saww from His^-azwj Book, and its Permissible and its Prohibition is to Him^-azwj.

معاشر الناس، ما من علم إلا و قد أحصاه الله في، و كل علم علمت فقد أحصيته في إمام المتقين، ما من علم إلا علمته عليا و هو الإمام المبين.

Group of people! There is none from a knowledge except Allah^-azwj has Placed it in me^-saww, and every knowledge I^-saww learnt so I^-saww have placed it in the Imam^-asws of the pious. There is none from a knowledge except I^-saww taught it to Ali^-asws, and he^-asws is the clear Imam^-asws.

معاشر الناس، لا تضلوا عنه، و لا تنفروا منه، و لا تستنكفوا من ولايته، فهو الذي يهدي إلى الحق و يعمل به، و يزهق الباطل و ينهى عنه، و لا تأخذه في الله لومة لائم، ثم إنه أول من آمن بالله و رسوله و الذي فدى رسول الله بنفسه، و الذي كان مع رسول الله و لا أحد يعبد الله مع رسوله من الرجال غيره.

Group of the people! Do not stray away from him^-asws, nor flee from him^-asws, nor be disgusted from his^-asws Wilayah, for he^-asws is the one who would guide to the Truth and act in accordance with it, and he^-asws obliterate the falsehood and forbid from it, and do not take an accusation from an accuser taking him^-asws for the Sake of Allah^-azwj. Then, he^-asws is the first one to have believed in Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and the one who ransomed Rasool-Allah^-saww with himself^-asws, and the one who was with Rasool-Allah^-saww (when) there was no one worshipping Allah^-azwj along with His^-azwj Rasool^-saww from the men, apart from him^-asws.

معاشر الناس، فضلوه فقد فضله الله، و اقبلوه فقد نصبه الله.

Group of people! Prefer him^-asws, for Allah^-azwj has Preferred him^-asws, and accept him^-asws, for Allah^-azwj has Appointed him^-asws!

معاشر الناس، إنه إمام من الله، و لن يتوب الله على أحد أنكر ولايته، و لن يغفر الله له، حقا على الله أن يفعل ذلك بمن خالف أمره فيه، و أن يعذبه عذابا نكرا أبدا الآبدين و دهر الداهرين، فاحذروا أن تخالفوني فتصلوا نارا وقودها الناس و الحجارة أعدت للكافرين.

Group of people! He^-asws is an Imam^-asws from Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj will never Turn (with Mercy) to anyone who denies his^-asws Wilayah, and will never Forgive (his sins) for him, being a right upon Allah^-azwj that He^-azwj Does that with the one who opposes His^-azwj Command with regards to him^-asws, and that He^-azwj Punishes him with a terrible Punishment forever and ever, and ages and ages. Therefore be cautious of opposing me^-saww for you will arrive at the Fire the fuel of it would be the people and the rocks, Prepared for the Kafirs.

أيها الناس، بي- و الله- بشر الأولون من النبيين و المرسلين، و أنا خاتم النبيين و المرسلين، و الحجة على جميع المخلوقين من أهل السماوات و الأرضين، فمن شك في ذلك فهو كافر، كفر الجاهلية الاولى، و من شك في قولي هذا فقد شك في الكل منه، و الشك في ذلك فهو في النار.

O you people! By Allah^-azwj, it is the glad tidings of the former ones from the Prophets^-as and the Mursils^-as, and I^-saww am the last of the Prophets^-as and the Mursils^-as, and the Divine Authority upon the entirety of the creatures from the inhabitants of the skies and the earths. So the one who doubts in that, then his is a Kafir, the Kufr of the former Pre-Islamic period, and the one who doubts in these words of mine^-saww so he has doubted in everything from Him^-azwj, and the doubter in that, so he would be in the Fire.

معاشر الناس، حباني الله بهذه الفضيلة منا منه علي، و إحسانا منه إلي، و لا إله إلا هو، له الحمد مني أبد الآبدين و دهر الداهرين على كل حال.

Group of people! Allah^-azwj Gifted me^-saww with this merit as a Conferment from Him^-azwj upon me^-saww, and as a Favour from Him^-azwj to me^-saww, and there is no god except Him^-azwj. For Him^-azwj is the Praise from me^-saww forever and ever and for ages and ages, upon every state.

معاشر الناس، فضلوا عليا فإنه أفضل الناس بعدي من ذكر و أنثى، بنا أنزل الله الرزق و بقي الخلق. ملعون ملعون، مغضوب مغضوب على من رد علي قولي هذا.

Group of people! Prefer Ali^-asws for he^-asws is the most superior of the people after me^-saww, from the males and females. Through us^-asws Allah^-azwj Sends down the sustenance and the remaining of the creatures. Accursed! Accursed! (I^-saww am) angered upon, angered upon the one who rejects upon me^-saww these words of mine^-saww.

ألا إن جبرئيل خبرني عن الله بذلك، و يقول: من عادى عليا و لم يتوله فعليه لعنتي و غضبي فلتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغد و اتقوا الله أن تخالفوا فتزل قدم بعد ثبوتها، إن الله خبير ما تعملون.

Indeed! Jibraeel^-as informed me^-saww on behalf of Allah^-azwj with that, and He^-azwj is Saying: “The one who is inimical to Ali^-asws and does not befriend him^-asws, so upon him is My^-azwj Curse and My^-azwj Wrath”. Therefore let (every) person consider what he has sent forward for tomorrow, and fear Allah^-azwj from opposing, for the feet would waver after their affirmation. Surely, Allah^-azwj is Aware of what you are doing.

معاشر الناس، تدبروا القرآن، و افهموا آياته و محكماته، و لا تتبعوا متشابهه، فو الله لن يبين لكم زواجره و لا يوضح لكم تفسيره إلا الذي أنا آخذ بيده، و مصعده إلي و شائل بعضده، و معلمكم أن من كنت مولاه فهذا علي مولاه، و هو علي بن أبي طالب أخي و وصيي، و موالاته من الله تعالى، أنزلها علي.

Group of people! Ponder in the Quran and understands its Verses and its Ordinances, and do not be pursuing its allegorical, for by Allah^-azwj, its Meanings would not be explained to you nor would its interpretation be clear for you except by the one whose hand I^-saww grab, and ascend him^-asws to me^-saww and extend his^-asws forearms, and teach you all that the one whose Master I^-saww was, so this Ali^-asws is his Master, and he^-asws is Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws, my^-saww brother and my^-saww successor, and his Mastership is from Allah^-azwj the Exalted, having been Revealed unto me^-saww.

معاشر الناس، إنه جنب الله الذي ذكر في كتابه يا حَسْرَتى عَلى ما فَرَّطْتُ فِي جَنْبِ اللَّهِ.

Group of people! He^-asws is the Side of Allah^-azwj who is Mentioned in His^-azwj Book: O my regret upon what I neglected regarding the Side of Allah [39:56].

معاشر الناس، إن عليا و الطيبين من ولدي هم الثقل الأصغر، و القرآن هو الثقل الأكبر، و كل واحد منهما منبئ عن صاحبه، موافق له، لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض، أمناء لله في خلقه، و حكماؤه في أرضه،

Group of people! Ali^-asws and the goodly one from my^-saww sons^-asws they are the smaller weighty thing, and the Quran, it is the larger weighty thing, and each one of the two is a predictor on behalf of its counterpart, being harmonious to it. These two will never separate until they return to me^-saww at the Fountain. They^-asws are the trustees of Allah^-azwj among His^-azwj creatures, and His^-azwj judges in His^-azwj earth.

ألا و إن الله عز و جل قال، و أنا قلته عن الله عز و جل، ألا و قد أديت، ألا و قد بلغت، ألا و قد أسمعت، ألا و قد أوضحت، ألا و إنه ليس أمير المؤمنين غير أخي هذا، و لا تحل إمرة المؤمنين بعدي لأحد غيره.

Indeed! And surely Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said, and I^-saww say it one behalf of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Indeed! And I^-saww have performed. Indeed! And I^-saww have delivered. Indeed! And I^-saww have made it to be heard. Indeed! And I^-saww have clarified. Indeed! And it is so that there isn’t an Emir of the Momineen apart from this brother^-asws of mine^-saww, and the Emirate of the Momineen is not Permissible after me^-saww for anyone apart from him^-asws’.

ثم ضرب بيده على عضد علي فرفعه، و كان أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) منذ أول ما صعد رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) قد شال «7» عليا (عليه السلام) حتى صارت رجلاه مع ركبة رسول الله (صلوات الله عليهما)

Then he^-saww struck his^-saww hand upon a shoulder of Ali^-asws and raised him^-asws. And it was so that Amir Al-Momineen^-asws, since the beginning of Rasool-Allah^-saww ascending him^-asws, Ali^-asws was such to the extent that his^-asws legs came to be with the knees of Rasool-Allah^-saww.

ثم قال: معاشر الناس، هذا علي أخي و وصيي، و واعي علمي، و خليفتي على امتي، و على تفسير كتاب الله عز و جل، و الداعي إليه، و العامل بما يرضاه، و المحارب لأعدائه و الموالي على طاعته، و الناهي عن معصيته، خليفة رسول الله، و أمير المؤمنين و الإمام الهادي بأمر الله، و قاتل الناكثين و القاسطين و المارقين بأمر الله.

Then he^-saww said: ‘Group of people! This Ali^-asws is my^-saww brother and my^-saww successor, and a retainer of my^-saww knowledge, and my^-saww Caliph upon my^-saww community and upon the interpretation of the Book of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the caller to it, and the worker with what Pleases Him^-azwj, and the warrior to His^-azwj enemies, and the loyal upon obeying Him^-azwj, and the forbidder from His^-azwj disobedience, a Caliph of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Emir of the Momineen, and the Imam^-asws of Guidance by the Command of Allah^-azwj, and a fighter of the breakers (of the Covenant), and the faithless ones, and the renegades, by the Command of Allah^-azwj.

أقول: مما يبدل القول لدي بأمر ربي، أقول: اللهم وال من والاه، و عاد من عاداه، و العن من أنكره و جحد حقه، و اغضب على من جحده.

I^-saww am saying, from what replaces the Words from me by the Command of my^-saww Lord^-azwj. I^-saww am saying: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Befriend the one who befriends him^-asws, and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him^-asws, and Curse the one who denies him^-asws and rejects his^-asws right, and be Wrathful upon the one who rejects him^-asws.

اللهم إنك أنت أنزلت الإمامة لعلي وليك عند تبيين ذلك بتفضيلك إياه بما أكملت لعبادك من دينهم، و أتممت عليهم نعمتك  و رضيت لهم الإسلام دينا، فقلت: وَ مَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلامِ دِيناً فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ اللهم إني أشهدك أني قد بلغت.

O Allah^-azwj! Surely You^-azwj Revealed the Imamate for Ali^-asws, Your^-azwj Guardian^-asws during Your^-azwj Indicating that by Your^-azwj Preferring him^-asws with what You^-azwj Perfected for Your^-azwj servants of their Religion, and Completing Your Favours upon them, and being Pleased for them with Al Islam as a Religion. So I^-saww say: And the one who seeks other than Islam as a Religion, it will never be Accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he would be from the losers [3:85]. O Allah^-azwj! Be Witness that I^-saww have delivered.

معاشر الناس، إنما أكمل الله عز و جل دينكم بإمامته، فمن لم يأتم به و بمن كان من ولدي من صلبه إلى يوم القيامة و العرض على الله تعالى، فأولئك حَبِطَتْ أَعْمالُهُمْ وَ فِي النَّارِ هُمْ خالِدُونَ لا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذابُ وَ لا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ.

Group of people! But rather, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Perfected your Religion by his^-asws Imamate. So the one who does not make an Imam^-asws with him^-asws, and with the ones^-asws from my^-saww sons^-asws from his^-asws lineage up to the Day of Judgment, and objects upon Allah^-azwj the Exalted, these it is whose deeds would be nullified, and in the Fire they shall be abiding eternally [9:17] their Punishment will neither be Lightened from them nor shall they be given Respite [3:88].

معاشر الناس، هذا علي، أنصركم لي، و أحق الناس بي، و أقربكم إلي، و أعزكم علي، و الله عز و جل و أنا عنه راضيان،

Group of people! This is Ali^-asws, most helpful one of you to me^-saww, and most rightful of the people with me^-saww, and the closest of you with me^-saww, and more honourable of you to me^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and I^-saww are both pleased from him^-asws.

و ما أنزلت آية رضا إلا فيه، و ما خاطب الله الذين آمنوا إلا بدأ به، و لا نزلت آية مدح في القرآن إلا فيه، و لا شهد الله بالجنة في هَلْ أَتى عَلَى الْإِنْسانِ إلا له، و لا أنزلها في سواه، و لا مدح بها غيره.

And there was not Revealed a Verse of (Divine) Pleasure except regarding him^-asws, and Allah^-azwj did not Address those who believe except He^-azwj Began with him^-asws, nor was there a Verse of praise Revealed in the Quran except regarding him^-asws, nor did Allah^-azwj Testify with the Paradise in There surely came over the human being [76:1], except for him^-asws, nor did He^-azwj Reveal it regarding besides him^-asws, nor Praise with it apart from him^-asws.

معاشر الناس، هو ناصر دين الله، و المجادل عن الله، و هو التقي النقي الهادي المهدي، نبيكم خير نبي، و وصيكم خير وصي، و بنوه خير الأوصياء.

Group of people! He^-asws is the helper of the Religion of Allah^-azwj, and the disputant on behalf of Allah^-azwj, and he^-asws is the pious, the pure, the guide, and Guided. Your Prophet^-saww is the best Prophet^-saww, and your successor^-asws is the best successor, and his^-asws sons^-asws are the best successors^-asws.

معاشر الناس، ذرية كل نبي من صلبه، و ذريتي من صلب علي.

Group of people! The offspring of every Prophet^-saww is from his^-saww lineage, and my^-saww offspring is from the lineage of Ali^-asws.

معاشر الناس، إن إبليس أخرج آدم من الجنة بالحسد، فلا تحسدوه، فتحبط أعمالكم و تزل أقدامكم، فإن آدم (عليه السلام) اهبط إلى الأرض بخطيئة واحدة، و هو صفوة الله تعالى، فكيف أنتم إن زللتم و أنتم عباد الله!

Group of people! Iblees^-la got Adam^-as exited from the Paradise by envy, therefore do not envy him^-asws, for your deeds would be Nullified and your feet would waver. Adam^-as came down to the earth due to one mistake, and he^-asws was an elite of Allah^-azwj the Exalted, so how about you if you were to err and you are (ordinary) servants of Allah^-azwj!

ما يبغض عليا إلا شقي، و لا يتولى عليا إلا تقي، و لا يؤمن به إلا مؤمن مخلص، في علي و الله أنزلت سورة العصر بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ الْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالْحَقِ‏ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ.

None would hate Ali^-asws except for a wretch, nor befriend Ali^-asws except for a pious one, nor believe in him^-asws except for a sincere Momin. Regarding Ali^-asws, by Allah^-azwj, Surah Al-Asr was Revealed I swear by the time [103:1] Surely the human being is in loss [103:2] Except those who are believing and are doing righteous deeds, and are exhorting with the truth and are exhorting with the patience [103:3].

معاشر الناس، قد أشهدت الله و بلغتكم الرسالة، وَ ما عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلاغُ الْمُبِينُ.

Group of people! I^-saww kept Allah^-azwj as Witness and delivered to you the Message, and nothing is incumbent upon the Rasool except the clear delivery (of the Message) [29:18].

معاشر الناس، اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَ لا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ.

Group of people! O you who believe! Fear Allah as is His right to be feared and do not be dying except and you are submitters [3:102]

معاشر الناس، آمنوا بالله و رسوله و النور الذي انزل معه مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهاً فَنَرُدَّها عَلى أَدْبارِها.

Group of people! Believe in Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww and the Light which descended with him^-saww before We Alter faces then turn them on their backs [4:47].

معاشر الناس، النور من الله عز و جل في، ثم مسلوك في علي، ثم في النسل منه إلى القائم المهدي الذي يأخذ بحق الله و بحق كل مؤمن، لأن الله عز و جل قد جعلنا حجة على المقصرين و المعاندين و المخالفين و الخائنين و الآثمين و الظالمين من جميع العالمين.

Group of people! The Light from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is in me^-saww, then it travelled into Ali^-asws, then it would be in the lineage from him^-asws up to Al-Qaim^-asws, the Mahdi^-asws who would be taking with the Right of Allah^-azwj and with the rights of every Momin, because Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Made us^-asws the Divine Authorities upon the derogators and the stubborn ones, and the adversaries, and the treacherous, and the sinners, and the oppressors from the entirety of the worlds.

معاشر الناس، إني رسول الله قد خلت من قبلي الرسل أ فإن مت أو قتلت انقلبتم على أعقابكم و من ينقلب على عقبيه فلن يضر الله شيئا و سيجزي الله الشاكرين الصابرين ألا إن عليا الموصوف بالصبر و الشكر ثم من بعده ولدي من صلبه.

Group of people! I^-saww am a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj. There have passed from before me^-saww, (many) Rasools^-as. So if I^-saww was to pass away or am killed, will you be turning upon your heels? And the one who turns back upon his heels, he will never harm Allah of anything and Allah would be Recompensing the grateful [3:144], the patient ones. Indeed! Ali^-asws is the one described with the patience and the gratefulness. Then from after him^-asws are my^-saww sons^-asws from his^-asws lineage.

معاشر الناس، لا تمنوا علي بإسلامكم فيسخط الله عليكم، فيصيبكم بعذاب من عنده، إن ربك لبالمرصاد.

Group of people! Do not be considering it a favour upon me^-saww with your Islam, for Allah^-azwj would be Wrathful upon you, and He^-azwj would Hitting you with a Punishment from His^-azwj Presence. Most surely your Lord is awaiting [89:14].

معاشر الناس، سيكون من بعدي أئمة يدعون إلى النار، و يوم القيامة لا ينصرون.

Group of people! There would be coming from after me^-saww, imams calling to the Fire, and on the Day of Judgment they would not be helping (anyone).

معاشر الناس، إن الله و أنا بريئان منهم.

Group of people! Allah^-azwj and I^-saww are disavowing from them.

معاشر الناس، إنهم و أنصارهم و أشياعهم و أتباعهم في الدرك الأسفل من النار، و لبئس مثوى المتكبرين.

Group of people! They, and their helpers, and their adherents, and their followers, would be in the lowest Level of the Fire, and it is an evil abode of the arrogant ones.

معاشر الناس، إني أدعها إمامة و وراثة في عقبي إلى يوم القيامة، و قد بلغت ما بلغت حجة على كل حاضر و غائب، و على كل أحد ممن شهد أو لم يشهد، و ولد أو لم يولد، فليبلغ الحاضر الغائب، و الوالد الولد إلى يوم القيامة،

Group of people! I^-saww am leaving Imamate and succession to be in my^-saww posterity up to the Day of Judgment, and I^-saww have delivered what I^-saww delivered as being a proof upon all present and absent, and upon everyone from the ones who witnessed and did not witness, and have been born and not yet born. Therefore, let the one present deliver it to the absentee, and the parent to the child up to the Day of Judgment.

و سيجعلونها ملكا و اغتصابا، ألا لعن الله الغاصبين و المغتصبين، و عندها سنفرغ لكم أيها الثقلان فيرسل عليكما شواظ من نار و نحاس فلا تنتصران.

And they (hypocrites) would be making it a kingdom and usurping it. Indeed! May Allah^-azwj Curse the usurpers and the prejudicial, and during it Soon We shall Deal with you (with) the two weighty things! [55:31] The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two, then the two of you will not be able to help yourselves [55:35].

معاشر الناس، إن الله عز و جل لم يكن يذركم على ما أنتم عليه حتى يميز الخبيث من الطيب، و ما كان الله ليطلعكم على الغيب.

Group of people! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Happen to Mention you as per what you are upon until He^-azwj Differentiates between the bad and the good, and it was not for Allah^-azwj that He^-azwj Notifies you upon the hidden (matters).

معاشر الناس، إنه ما من قرية إلا و الله مهلكها بتكذيبها، و كذلك يهلك القرى و هي ظالمة كما ذكر الله عز و جل، و هذا إمامكم و وليكم و هو مواعد الله و الله يصدق وعده.

Group of people! It is such that there is none from a town except Allah^-azwj Destroyed it due to its belying, and similar to that He^-azwj would Destroy the town and it is unjust just as Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Mentioned, and this is your Imam^-asws and your Master, and it is the Promise of Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj would Make His^-azwj Promise come true.

معاشر الناس، قد ضل قبلكم أكثر الأولين، و الله قد أهلك الأولين و هو مهلك الآخرين، قال الله تعالى: أَ لَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ كَذلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ.

Group of people! There have strayed before you most of the former ones, and Allah^-azwj has Destroyed the former ones and He^-azwj would Destroy the latter ones. Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: Did We not destroy the former ones? [77:16] Then did We follow them up with latter ones [77:17] Similar to that We would Deal with the criminals [77:18] Woe on that day to the beliers [77:19]

معاشر الناس، إن الله قد أمرني و نهاني، و قد أمرت عليا و نهيته، و علم الأمر و النهي من ربه عز و جل، فاسمعوا لأمره و انتهوا لنهيه، و صيروا إلى مراده، و لا تتفرق بكم السبل عن سبيله.

Group of people! Allah^-azwj has Commanded me^-asws and Forbidden me^-saww, and has Commanded Ali^-asws and has Forbidden him^-asws. And know, the Commanding and the Forbidding is from his^-asws Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, therefore listen to his^-asws orders and end at his^-asws forbidding, and come to be to his^-asws purpose, and let not the way separate with you from his^-asws way.

أنا صراط الله المستقيم الذي أمركم باتباعه، ثم علي من بعدي، ثم ولدي من صلبه أئمة يهدون بالحق و به يعدلون.

I^-saww am the Straight Path of Allah^-azwj which He^-azwj Commanded you with following it, then it is Ali^-asws from after me^-saww, then it would be my^-saww sons^-asws from his^-asws lineage, Imams^-asws who would be guiding with the truth and by it they^-asws would be dealing out justice.

ثم قرأ (صلى الله عليه و آله) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ إلى آخرها، و قال: في نزلت، و فيهم نزلت، و لهم عمت، و إياهم خصت، أولئك أولياء الله لا خوف عليهم و لا هم يحزنون ألا إن حزب الله هم الغالبون،

Then he^-saww recited All Praise is for Allah [1:2] (Surah Al-Hamd) up to its end, and said: ‘(It was) Revealed regarding me^-saww and (it was) Revealed regarding them^-asws, and for them (people) is the general, and they^-asws are the special. They^-asws are the Guardians^-asws of Allah^-azwj [10:62] they shall have no fear nor shall they be grieving [10:63]. Indeed! then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant [5:56].

ألا إن أعداءهم أهل الشقاق الحادون العادون و إخوان الشياطين الذين يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُوراً.

Indeed! Their^-asws enemies are the people of discord, renegades, transgressors, and brethren of the satans^-la suggesting to each other flowery words to deceive [6:112].

ألا إن أولياءهم هم المؤمنون الذين ذكرهم الله في كتابه، فقال تعالى: لا تَجِدُ قَوْماً يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ إلى آخر الآية.

Indeed! Their^-asws friends, they are the Momineen whom Allah^-azwj Mentioned in His^-azwj Book, so He^-azwj Said: You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day befriending those who oppose Allah and His Rasool [58:22] – up to the end of the Verse.

ألا إن أولياءهم الذين وصفهم الله عز و جل، فقال: الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ لَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ أُولئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَ هُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ،

Indeed! Their^-asws friends are those whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Described in His^-azwj Book, so He^-azwj Said: Those who are believing and are not mixing their Eman with injustice, they, for them is the security and they are the rightly guided [6:82].

ألا إن أولياءهم الذين آمنوا و لم يرتابوا،

Indeed! Their^-asws friends are those who are believing and those who are believing and are not doubting [49:15].

ألا إن أولياءهم هم الذين يدخلون الجنة آمنين و تتلقاهم الملائكة بالتسليم أن طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوها خالِدِينَ

Indeed! Their^-asws friends, they are those who would be entering the Paradise securely and the Angels would meet them with the greetings, ‘You were good, so enter it for eternity’ [39:73].

ألا إن أولياءهم هم الذين قال الله عز و جل: يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيها بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ.

Indeed! Their^-asws friends, they are those for whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: those shall be entering the Paradise. They would be sustained therein without measure [40:40].

ألا إن أعداءهم الذين يصلون سعيرا،

Indeed! Their^-asws enemies are those arriving at the Blazing Fire [4:10].

ألا إن أعداءهم الذين يسمعون لجهنم شهيقا و هي تفور، و لها زفير كُلَّما دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ أُخْتَها الآية.

Indeed! Their^-asws enemies are those whenever a community shall enter, it shall curse its sister (community) [7:38] – the Verse,

ألا إن أعداءهم الذين قال الله عز و جل: كُلَّما أُلْقِيَ فِيها فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُها أَ لَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ قالُوا بَلى،

Indeed! Their^-asws enemies are those (for whom) Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Whenever a crowd is cast into it, its keeper would ask them: ‘Did there not come to you a warner?’ [67:8] They would say: ‘Yes!’ [67:9].

ألا إن أولياءهم الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ.

Indeed! Their^-asws friends are those who are fearing their Lord in the privacy. For them would be Forgiveness and a great Recompense [67:12].

معاشر الناس، شتان ما بين السعير و الجنة، عدونا من ذمه الله و لعنه، و ولينا من مدحه الله و أحبه.

Group of people! There is a big difference in what is between the Blazing Fire and the Paradise. Our^-asws enemy is the one whom Allah^-azwj Condemned and Cursed him, and our^-asws friend is the one whom Allah^-azwj Praised and Loves him.

معاشر الناس، ألا و إني منذر، و علي هاد.

Group of people! Indeed! And I^-saww am a warner and Ali^-asws is a Guide.

معاشر الناس، إني نبي، و علي وصيي،

Group of people! I^-saww am a Prophet^-saww, and Ali^-asws is my^-saww successor^-asws.

ألا إن خاتم الأئمة منا القائم المهدي، ألا إنه الظاهر على الدين، ألا إنه المنتقم من الظالمين، ألا إنه فاتح الحصون و هادمها،

Indeed! The last of the Imams^-asws from us^-asws is Al-Qaim Al-Mahdi^-asws. Indeed! He^-asws is the face upon the Religion. Indeed! He^-azwj would be taking revenge from the oppressors. Indeed! He^-asws would be conquering the forts and demolishing these.

ألا إنه فاتح كل قبيلة من الشرك، ألا إنه مدرك لكل ثار لأولياء الله عز و جل، ألا إنه الناصر لدين الله عز و جل، ألا إنه الغراف من بحر عميق،

Indeed! He^-asws would be conquering every tribe from the Polytheism. Indeed! He^-asws would be aware of every mutiny against the friends of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Indeed! He^-asws is the helper to the Religion of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Indeed! He^-asws is the jewel of the deep sea.

ألا إنه يسم كل ذي فضل بفضله، و كل ذي جهل بجهله، ألا إنه خيرة الله و مختاره، ألا إنه وارث كل علم و المحيط بكل فهم،

Indeed! He^-asws would name everyone with merit by his merit, and everyone with ignorance with his ignorance. Indeed! He^-asws is the best of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Choice. Indeed! He^-asws is the inheritor of every knowledge and encompassing with every understanding.

ألا إنه المخبر عن ربه عز و جل، و المنبه «1» لأمر إيمانه، ألا إنه الرشيد السديد، ألا إنه المفوض إليه، ألا إنه قد بشر به من سلف بين يديه،

Indeed! He is the Informed one from his^-asws Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the His^-azwj Notified one for the matter of his^-asws Eman. Indeed! He^-asws is the rightful guide and the unerring. Indeed! He^-asws is the delegated to. Indeed! He^-asws is the one given the glad tidings with from the ancestors in front of him^-asws.

ألا إنه الباقي حجة و لا حجة بعده، و لا حق إلا معه، و لا نور إلا عنده، ألا إنه لا غالب له، و لا منصور عليه، ألا إنه ولي الله في أرضه، و حكمه في خلقه، و أمينه في سره و علانيته.

Indeed! He^-asws is the remaining Divine Authority, and there would be no Divine Authority after him^-asws, nor any right except with him^-asws, nor a light except with him^-asws. Indeed! He^-asws is one there is no one who can overcome him^-asws, nor any helped one against him^-asws. Indeed! He^-asws is the Guardian of Allah^-azwj in His^-azwj earth, and His^-azwj Trustee regarding His^-azwj Secrets and His^-azwj public matters.

معاشر الناس، قد بينت لكم و أفهمتكم، و هذا علي يفهمكم بعدي، ألا و إني عند انقضاء خطبتي أدعوكم إلى مصافقتي على بيعته و الإقرار به، ثم مصافقته من بعدي، ألا و إني قد بايعت الله، و علي قد بايعني، و أنا آخذكم بالبيعة له عن  الله عز و جل فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَإِنَّما يَنْكُثُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ الآية.

Group of people! I^-saww have explained to you all and have made you understand, and this Ali^-asws would make you understand after me^-saww. Indeed! And I^-saww am at the expiration of my^-saww sermon. I^-saww call you to shake my^-saww hand upon his^-asws allegiance and the acceptance with him^-asws, then shake his^-asws hand from after me^-saww. Indeed! And I^-saww have pledge allegiance to Allah^-azwj, and Ali^-asws has pledged allegiance to me^-saww, and I^-saww am seizing you all with pledging allegiance to him^-asws from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Therefore whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only against himself [48:10] – the Verse.

معاشر الناس، إِنَّ الصَّفا وَ الْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ «4» الآية.

Group of people! Surely Al-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the Rituals of Allah; so whoever performs Hajj of the House or Umrah [2:158] – the Verse.

معاشر الناس، حجوا البيت، فما ورده أهل بيت إلا نموا و تناسلوا، و لا تخلفوا عنه إلا بتروا و افترقوا.

Group of people! Perform Hajj of the House (Kabah), for the people of the House will not be responded with except by growth and offspring, nor will they be opposing from it except they would be cut off and would separate.

معاشر الناس، ما وقف بالموقف مؤمن إلا غفر الله له ما سلف من ذنبه إلى وقته ذلك، فإذا انقضت حجته استأنف عمله.

Group of people! A Momin will not pause at a juncture except Allah^-azwj would Forgive for him whatever has passed from his sins up to that time. So when he fulfils his Hajj, he would resume his work (with zero sins).

معاشر الناس، الحجاج معانون، و نفقاتهم مخلفة، و الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين.

Group of people! The Pilgrims are assisted ones, and their expenditure is replaced, and Allah does not Waste the Recompense of the benefactors [11:115].

معاشر الناس، حجوا بكمال الدين و التفقه، و لا تنصرفوا عن المشاهد إلا بتوبة و إقلاع.

Group of people! Perform Hajj with the perfection of the Religion and the understanding, and do not be dispersing from the Monuments except with repentance and the shedding of sins.

معاشر الناس، أقيموا الصلاة و آتوا الزكاة، كما أمركم الله عز و جل، فإن طال عليكم الأمد فقصرتم أو نسيتم فعلي وليكم و مبين لكم، الذي نصبه الله عز و جل بعدي لكم و من خلّفه الله مني و منه يخبركم بما تسألون، و يبين لكم ما لا تعلمون،

Group of people! Establish the Salat and give the Zakat, just as Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded you. So if the term is prolonged upon you, so you either shorten or forget, so Ali^-asws is your Master and an explainer for you, whom Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Appointed for you after me^-saww, and the one whom Allah^-azwj Made a Caliph from me^-saww and from Him^-azwj. He^-asws would inform you with whatever you ask him^-asws, and explain to you what you are not knowing.

ألا إن الحلال و الحرام أكثر من أن أحصيهما و اعرفهما. فآمر بالحلال و أنهى عن الحرام في مقام واحد، و أمرت أن آخذ البيعة عليكم و الصفقة لكم بقبول ما جئت به عن الله عز و جل في علي أمير المؤمنين‏ و الأئمة من بعده، الذين هم مني و منه، الإمامة «1» قائمة فيهم، خاتمها المهدي، إلى يوم القيامة، الذي يقضي بالحق.

Indeed! The Permissible(s) and the Prohibitions are more than can be counted and recognised, so He^-azwj Commanded with the Permissible and Forbid from the Prohibition in one place, and Commanded that the allegiance be taken upon you, and the agreement to you with the acceptance of whatever I^-saww have come with from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic with regards to Ali^-asws, Emir of the Momineen, and the Imams^-asws from after him^-asws, those who are from me^-saww and from Him^-azwj. The Imamate is established among them^-asws, the last of them^-asws being Al Mahdi^-asws, up to the Day of Judgment, who would judge with the truth.

معاشر الناس، و كل حلال دللتكم عليه، و كل حرام نهيتكم عنه، فإني لم أرجع عن ذلك و لم أبدل،

Group of people! And every Permissible I^-saww have pointed upon it for you, and every Prohibition I^-saww have forbidden you from it. I^-azwj will not retract from that and with not change.

ألا فاذكروا ذلك و احفظوه و تواصوا به، و لا تبدلوه، ألا و إني أجدد القول، ألا فأقيموا الصلاة و آتوا الزكاة و أمروا بالمعروف و انهوا عن المنكر،

Indeed! So remember that and memorise it and exhort (others) with it, and do not change it. Indeed! I^-saww shall renew the words. Indeed! Establish the Salat and give the Zakat and enjoin with the goodness and forbid from the evil.

ألا و إن رأس الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر أن تنتهوا إلى قولي و تبلغوه من لم يحضر، و تأمروه بقبوله، و تنهوه عن مخالفته، فإنه أمر من الله عز و جل و مني معا، و لا أمر بمعروف و لا نهي عن منكر إلا مع إمام.

Indeed! And the chief of the enjoining with the goodness and forbidding from the evil is that you end up to my^-saww words and deliver it to the one who is not present, and instruct him with accepting it, and forbid him from opposing it, for it is a Command from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and from me^-saww along with Him^-azwj, and there is neither an enjoining with the goodness nor a forbidding from the evil except with an Imam^-asws.

معاشر الناس، القرآن يعرفكم أن الأئمة من بعده ولده، و عرفتكم أنهم مني و منه حيث يقول الله عز و جل: وَ جَعَلَها كَلِمَةً باقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ «3» و لن تضلوا ما إن تمسكتم بهما.

Group of people! The Quran acquaints you all that the Imams^-asws from after him^-asws are his^-asws sons^-asws, and acquaints you all that they^-asws are from me^-saww and from Him^-azwj where Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: And He Made it a remaining Word in his posterity [43:28], and you will never stray for as long as you adhere with these two (Qur’an and Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws).

معاشر الناس، اتقوا الله و احذروا الساعة كما قال الله تعالى: إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ عَظِيمٌ اذكروا الممات و الحساب و الموازين و المحاسبة بين يدي رب العالمين، و الثواب و العقاب، فمن جاء بالحسنة أثيب، و من جاء بالسيئة فليس له في الجنان من نصيب.

Group of people! Fear Allah^-azwj and be cautioned of the Hour just as Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: the tremor of the Hour is a grievous thing [22:1]. Remember the deaths, and the Reckoning, and the scales, and the accounting in front of the Lord^-azwj of the worlds, and the Rewards, and the Punishment. Thus, the one who come with the good deeds would be Rewarded, and the one who comes with the evil deeds, so there wouldn’t be for him in the Gardens, a share.

معاشر الناس، إنكم أكثر من أن تصافقوني بكف واحدة، و أمرني الله عز و جل أن آخذ من ألسنتكم الإقرار بما عقد لعلي بإمرة المؤمنين، و من جاء بعده من الأئمة مني و منه على ما أعلمتكم أن ذريتي من صلبه،

Group of people! You are too many to shake my^-saww hand with one palm, and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded me^-saww that I^-saww take from your tongues, the acceptance with what I^-saww have covenanted for Ali^-asws as Emir of the Momineen, and the one who comes after him^-asws from the Imams^-asws from me^-asws and from him^-asws upon what I^-saww made it known to you that they^-asws are my^-saww offspring from his^-asws linage’.

فقولوا بأجمعكم: إنا سامعون مطيعون راضون منقادون لما بلغت من أمر ربنا و ربك في أمر علي أمير المؤمنين و أمر  ولده من صلبه من الأئمة،

So you should be saying in unison, ‘We are listening, obeying, pleased, submissive to what you^-saww delivered from the Command of our Lord^-azwj and your^-saww Lord^-azwj regarding the matter of Ali^-asws being the Emir of the Momineen, and the matter of his^-asws sons^-asws from his^-asws lineage from the Imams^-asws.

نبايعك على ذلك بقلوبنا و أنفسنا و ألسنتنا و أيدينا، على ذلك نحيا و نموت و نبعث، لا نغير و لا نبدل و لا نشك و لا نرتاب و لا نرجع عن عهد و لا ميثاق، و لا ننقض الميثاق

We hereby pledge allegiance upon that by our words, and ourselves, and our tongues, and our hands. Upon that we shall live, and would be dying, and be Resurrected. We will neither deceive, nor change, nor doubt, nor be dubious, nor retract from an agreement nor a covenant, nor will we break the Covenant.

نطيع الله و نطيعك و عليا أمير المؤمنين و ولده الأئمة الذين ذكرتهم من ذريتك من صلبه بعد الحسن و الحسين، اللذين قد عرفتكم مكانهما مني، و محلهما عندي، و منزلتهما من ربي عز و جل، فقد أديت ذاك إليكم، و إنهما لسيدا شباب أهل الجنة، و إنهما الإمامان بعد أبيهما علي و أنا أبوهما قبله،

We shall obey Allah^-azwj, and obey you^-saww and Ali^-asws Emir of the Momineen, and his^-asws sons^-asws, the Imams^-asws, those whom you^-saww mentioned are from your^-saww offspring from his^-asws lineage, after Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws, those whose positions you have been acquainted with from me^-saww, and their places with me^-saww, and their status from my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. So I^-saww have deposited that to you all, and these two are the chief of the youths of the inhabitants of the Paradise, and they are the two Imams^-asws after their^-asws father^-asws Ali^-asws, and I^-saww am their^-asws father^-saww before him^-asws’.

فقولوا: أعطينا الله بذلك و إياك و عليا و الحسن و الحسين و الأئمة الذين ذكرت عهدا و ميثاقا مأخوذا لأمير المؤمنين من قلوبنا و أنفسنا و ألسنتنا، و مصافقة أيدينا- من أدركهما بيده، و إلا فقد أقر بهما بلسانه-

Therefore, be saying, ‘We obey Allah^-azwj with that, and you^-saww, and Ali^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws, and Al-Husayn^-asws, and the Imams^-asws, those whom you^-saww mentioned with a pact and a covenant, taken for Amir Al-Momineen^-asws from our words, and ourselves, and our tongues, and shake our hand – from catching these two with his^-asws hand, or else so we have accepted with these two by his tongue.

لا نبتغي بدلا، و لا يرى الله عز و جل من أنفسنا حولا أبدا، أشهدنا الله و كفى بالله شهيدا، و أنت علينا به شهيد، و كل من أطاع ممن ظهر و استتر و ملائكة الله و جنوده و عبيده و الله أكبر من كل شهيد.

We shall neither seek a replacement, nor will Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic be Seeing from us are change, ever. We keep Allah^-azwj as Witness and suffice with Allah^-azwj as a Witness, and you^-saww are upon us with it as a witness, and (so is) everyone who obeys, from the ones who are apparent, and veiled, and the Angels of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj armies, and His^-azwj servants, and Allah^-azwj is Greater than every witness.

معاشر الناس، ما تقولون؟ فإن الله يعلم كل صوت، و خافية كل نفس، فمن اهتدى فلنفسه و من ضل فإنما يضل عليها، و من بايع فإنما يبايع الله يَدُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ «1».

Group of people! What are you saying? For Allah^-azwj Knows every voice, and the hidden of every soul. So the one who is guided, then it is for his own soul, and the one who strays, so rather he strayed upon it, and the one who pledges allegiance, so rather he is pledging allegiance to Allah^-azwj, the hand of Allah is above their hands [48:10].

معاشر الناس، فاتقوا الله و بايعوا عليا أمير المؤمنين و الحسن و الحسين و الأئمة، كلمة باقية يهلك الله بها من غدر، و يرحم الله بها من وفى، فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَإِنَّما يَنْكُثُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ أَوْفى بِما عاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللَّهَ فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْراً عَظِيماً.

Group of people! Fear Allah^-azwj and pledge allegiance to Ali^-asws as Emir of the Momineen, and Al-Hassan^-asws, and Al-Husayn^-asws and the Imams^-asws, a remaining Word [43:28]. Allah^-azwj would Destroy by it the one who deceives, and Allah^-azwj would be Merciful with it to the one who is loyal. Therefore whoever breaks, so rather he breaks against himself, and the one who is loyal with what Allah Covenanted upon him, then soon He would be Granting him a mighty Recompense [43:28].

معاشر الناس، قولوا الذي قلت لكم، و سلموا على علي بإمرة المؤمنين، و قولوا: سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ «4» و قولوا: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدانا لِهذا وَ ما كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْ لا أَنْ هَدانَا اللَّهُ.

Group of people! Be saying that which I^-saww said to you all, and greet upon Ali^-asws as Emir of the Momineen, and you should be saying, ‘We hear and we obey. Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285]. And you should be saying, ‘All Praise is due to Allah Who Guided us to this, and we would not have found the Way had it not been that Allah had Guided us [7:43].

معاشر الناس، إن فضائل علي بن أبي طالب عند الله عز و جل، و قد أنزلها في القرآن، أكثر من أن أحصيها في مقام واحد، فمن أنبأكم بها و عرفها فصدقوه.

Group of people! The merits of Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws are in the Presence of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and He^-azwj has Revealed these in the Quran, more than can be counted in one place. So the one who informs you with these and acquaints (you) with these, ratify him.

معاشر الناس، من يطع الله و رسوله و عليا و الأئمة الذين ذكرتهم فقد فاز فوزا عظيما.

Group of people! The one who obeys Allah^-azwj, and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and Ali^-asws, and the Imams^-asws those mentioned, so he has succeeded with a great success.

معاشر الناس، السابقون السابقون إلى مبايعته و موالاته و التسليم عليه بإمرة المؤمنين أولئك هم الفائزون في جنات النعيم.

Group of people! The foremost are the ones foremost to pledging his^-asws allegiance and his^-asws Mastership, and ones to greet upon him^-asws as Emir of the Momineen, they would be the winners in the Gardens of Bliss.

معاشر الناس، قولوا ما يرضي الله عنكم من القول، فإن تكفروا أنتم و من في الأرض جميعا فلن يضر الله شيئا، اللهم اغفر للمؤمنين، و اعطب الكافرين، و الحمد لله رب العالمين».

Group of people! Be saying what Allah^-azwj would be Pleased from you, from the speech. But if you and the ones in the earth were to commit Kufr altogether, you will never be able to harm Allah^-azwj of anything. O Allah^-azwj! Forgive the Momineen, and Damage the Kafirs, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Lord^-azwj of the worlds’.

فناداه القوم: نعم، سمعنا و أطعنا على ما أمر الله و رسوله بقلوبنا و ألسنتنا و أيدينا.

So the people called out, ‘Yes! We hear and we obey upon what Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww commanded for, by our words, and our tongues, and our hands!’

و تداكوا على رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) و على علي (عليه السلام) و صافقوا بأيديهم، فكان أول من صافق رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) الأول و الثاني و الثالث و الرابع و الخامس، و باقي المهاجرين و الأنصار، و باقي الناس على قدر منازلهم، إلى أن صليت العشاء و العتمة في وقت واحد،

And they thronged upon Rasool-Allah^-saww and upon Ali^-asws, and they shook their^-asws hands. It so happened that the first one to shake the hand of Rasool-Allah^-saww was the first, the second, and the third, and the third, and the fifth (Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman, Talha and Al-Zubeyr), and the rest of the Emigrants and the Helpers, and the rest of the people in accordance to their status, until they had prayed Al-Isha Salat and the evening (Al-Maghrib) in one time.

و واصلوا البيعة و المصافقة ثلاثا، و رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يقول كلما بايع قوم: «الحمد لله رب العالمين، الحمد لله الذي فضلنا على جميع العالمين».

And the pledges of allegiances continued for three days, and Rasool-Allah^-saww was saying, every time the people pledged their allegiances: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Lord^-azwj of the Worlds. The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Merited us^-asws over the entirety of the worlds!’[23]

[1] Kitab Suleym Bin Qays Al Hilali – H 25 (Extract)

[2] (مجمع البيان 10: 529.)

[3] Kitab Suleym Bin Qays Al Hilali – H 14

[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 21, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 36 H 10

[5] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 292/ 19

[6] غاية المرام: 337/ 6

[7] Tafseer Furat – V 1 P 119 H 124

[8] تفسير القمّي 1: 162

[9] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 293/ 22.

[10] الكافي 1: 154/ 1 (Extract)

[11] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 293/ 21

[12] الأمالي 2: 131

[13] الأمالي 1: 208.

[14] Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zahira – CH 107 H 2

[15] Basaair Al Darajaat – P 10 Ch 18 H 50

[16] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 293/ 23

[17] مجمع البيان 3: 246

[18] Tafseer Abu Hamza Al Sumaly H 74

[19] Kitab Suleym Bin Qays Al Hilali – H 25 (Extract)

[20] Bashaarat Al Mustafa^-saww Li Shia Al Murtaza^-asws – P 7 H 15

[21] الاحتجاج: 66.

[22] المناقب 3: 26.

[23] روضة الواعظين: 89.