Eid-e-Ghadeer - The Greatest Eid in Islam

Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad  al-Sādiq (A.S.) said:

"Fasting on the Day of Ghadir is equivalent to fasting the time span of the (existence of the) entire world
meaning that if a person were to live a life of the entire existence of the world and were to fast this whole time,
the reward for this fasting would be equivalent to fasting (this one day of Ghadir).”
 
[Reference: Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, Volume 7, Page 324, Hadith 4]
 CONTEXTS

 A). QURANIC EXEGESIS (Tafsir):
O Messenger! Deliver what has been revealed to 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; (AL-MAEDA/5:67)
This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favour on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; (AL-MAEDA/5:3)
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall, The unbelievers there is none to avert it, From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.(AL-MAARIJ/70:1-3)
B). PROPHETIC TRADITION (Hadith):
Imam Ahmad has recorded the tradition related by Bara' ibn 'Azib in his Musnad, vol.4, p. 281, transmitted through two different sources. Bara' says: "We were with the Messenger of Allah. We alighted at Ghadir-e-Khumm. Congregational prayer was in order. An area under two trees was swept and cleaned for the Messenger of Allah, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him and his posterity. He offered midday prayers and he grasped the hand of 'Ali and said: 'Do you not know that I have superior authority over the lives of the faithful than the faithful themselves?' 'Yes you have,' they replied. He again inquired: 'Do you not know that I have superior right to the life of every believer than the believer himself?' 'Surely, you have,' they answered. Then he grasped the hand of 'Ali and said: 'Ali is the mawla of all those of whom I am mawla. O Allah! Love him who loves him and hate him who hates him.'" Bara' ibn 'Azib says: "Then 'Umar came to 'Ali and said: 'Congratulations to you the son of Abu Talib. You have become the mawla (master) of all the faithful men and women.'"
C). HISTORICAL REPORTS (Tarikh):
Here we will just mention one instance which took place in Kufa during the khilafah of Imam Ali (A.S.), 25 years after the Prophet's death.
When at Ali's insistence a large number of people gathered in the plain of Rahbah in Kufah, he addressed them saying: "I administer an oath in the name of Allah to all such Muslims as heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) making a proclamation on the day of Ghadir-e-Khumm, to stand up and testify what they heard him say. Only those who saw the Holy Prophet that day with their own eyes and heard the proclamation with their own ears should stand up." Thereupon, thirty companions of the Holy Prophet(S.A.W), including twelve of those who had participated in the battle of Badr, stood up and witnessed that the Holy Prophet(S.A.W) grasped his (Ali's) hand and said to the audience: "Do you know that I have a prior right to and superior authority over the souls (i.e., lives) of the faithful than the faithful themselves?" "O yes!" they said. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) then said: "He (Ali) is the mawla (i.e., has prior right to and superior authority over the lives) of all those of whom I am mawla. O Allah, love him who loves him (Ali) and hate him who hates him." It is logically impossible that thirty companions might have secretly agreed to speak a unanimous lie. In addition to the thirty witnesses there were other male companions whom enmity with Ali prevented from standing up and giving their evidence as eye-witnesses, like Anas ibn Malik.
When Ali (A.S.) said to Anas: "Why do you not stand up and testify what you heard from the messenger of Allah on the day of Ghadir?" he answered, "O Amir al-Momineen! I have grown old and do not remember." Thereupon Ali said: "May Allah mark you with a white spot (of leprosy) unconceivable with your turban, if you are intentionally withholding the truth." And before Anas got up from his place he bore a large white spot on his face. Thereafter, Anas used to say: "I am under the curse of a righteous slave of Allah.
Also bear in mind that this incident took place 25 years after the event of Ghadir Khum, and during this period hundreds of eyewitnesses had died naturally or in the battles fought during the first two khulafah's rule. Add to this the fact that this incident took place in Kufa which was far from the centre of the sahabas, Medina. This incident which took place in Kufa in the year 35 A.H. has itself been narrated by four sahaba and 14 tabi'un and has been recorded in most books of history and tradition.
 

AUTHENTICITY

A). Consecutively narrated (Mutawatir)
B). Numerous Sahih versions
C). Dedicated treatises by 26 authors (Most of them are Ahle Sunnah)

NARRATORS

A). 110 companions of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)
B). 84 Successors (Tabiun)
C). Over 360 scholars to the present day (Most of them are Ahle Sunnah)
1: Abaqat al-Anwar a book written in Persian by Allama Mir Hamid Husayn al-Musawi (d. 1304 AH) of India. Allama Mir Hamid Husayn has devoted two bulky volumes (consisting of about 1,080 pages) on the isnad, tawatur and meaning of the hadith of Ghadir.
2: Al-Ghadir in 11 volumes in Arabic by Allama Abdul Husayn al-Amini where he gives with full references the names of 110 sahaba of the Prophet and also 84 tabi'un (disciples of the sahaba) who have narrated the hadith of Ghadir. He has also chronologically given the names of the historians, traditionists, exegesis's and poets who have mentioned the hadith of Ghadir from the first until the fourteenth Islamic century.

A'MAALS FOR GHADIR-E-KHUMM

According to ahadiths received from Imams (A.S.), some of the a'maal (rituals) recommended for the day of Ghadir are:
• Remember the Ahlul Bayt by saying of Salawat as many times as it is possible.
ALLAHUMMA SWALLI 'ALAA MUHAMMADIWN WA-AALI MUHAMMAD
(O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his household).
• Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness from the Almighty). Sins are forgiven and believers get salvation on this day the way it has been promised for the days of Holy Ramadhan and the night of Qadr.
• Visiting (ziyarah) the tomb of Imam 'Ali (A.S.) in Najaf, Iraq.
• Assist the needy amongst the believers. The reward for assisting today is 1000 times the reward for other days.
• Ihsaan for fellow believers (doing good, including favouring by assisting physically, financially and morally) and making them happy (for example by forgiving their past mistakes, overlooking their slips, visiting them, giving gifts etc).
• Doing of Ghusl a few minutes before noon (midday) and then reading two rakaat Namaz. In every rak'ah after suratul Hamd read 10 times suratul Tawheed (#112) and 10 times Ayatul Kursee (verses 255 to 257 of suratul Baqarah)and 10 times suratul Qadr (#97).

Event of Ghadir has been reported
in the following books of Ahle Sunnah

(1) Sahih Tirmizi, Vol.2 Page 298.
(2) Sahih ibn-e-Maja, Chapter: Virtues of the Companions of the Holy Prophet(pbuh&hf), Page 12
(3) Kinz-al-Amaal, Vol.6, Page 397
(4) Riyaz un-Nazra Vol.2, Page 169
(5) Mustadrak as-Sahiyeen, Vol.3, Page 109
(6) Mustadrak as-Sahiyeen, Vol.3, Page 116
(7) Khasais-e-Nisaee, Page 25
(8) Masnad Ahmad ibn-e-Hambal, Vol.4, Page 372
(9) Tafseer-e-Kabeer, Fakhruddin Razi
(10) Hulyat ul-Aulia, Vol.5, Page 26
(11) Sawaiq-e-Moharraka, Page 25
(12) Al-Asaba, Vol1, Al-qism 1, Page 319

STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO
THE GREATEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM
 
EID-E-GHADIR
The Greatest Eid in Islam

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Imām Ja'far al-Sādiq (A.S.) was asked:
“Do the true believers have an ‘Eid other than the two ‘Eid (of al-Adhha and al-Fitr) and the Jumu’ah?”

Imām Ja'far ibn Muḥammad  al-Sādiq (A.S.)  said:
“Yes, they have one which is even greater than these ones and that is
The day when Amirul Mo’minin (peace be upon him) was designated by the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family)
with the Wilayah (at Ghadir Khumm) which rests on the necks of all the men and women.”

[Reference: Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, Volume 7, Page 325, Hadith 5]
 
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Significance: http://www.ziaraat.com/events/eidghadeer/ghadsig.php
Special dua: http://www.ziaraat.com/events/eidghadeer/ghaddua.php
Khutba : http://www.ziaraat.com/events/eidghadeer/ghadkhut.php
Ziarat Audio: http://www.ziaraat.com/events/eidghadeer/ghadzia.php
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Qasidas: http://www.ziaraat.com/events/eidghadeer/ghadqasi.php Books about the event of Ghadeer -
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- Take bath
- Observer fast
- Recite special Ziarat given above
- Recite Ziarat Ameenallah
- Recite Ziarat Nudba
- Offer 2 Rakat namaz eid-e-Ghadeer as follows:

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After Sura Hamd recite 10 times each Sura Ahad, Sura Qadr and Ayatul
Kursi

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MAY ALLAH SWT MAKE THIS DAY OF EID-E-GHADEER MUBARAK FOR ALL MUSLIMINS

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