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Hadith of the pond of Khumm is a famous Mutawatir Hadith in Islam about an event in the geographical location named Ghadir Khumm or Khur , or Khu' The Official Hadith-i Ghadir in Mutawatir Hadith Collections: After Muhammad delivered his Farewell Sermon in his last pilgimmage in Mecca few months before he died, he departed Mecca to his home in Medina 200 miles to the north. In the fifth day in his trip back about the middle of the road between Mecca and Medina he reached a remote and tiny well in the arid land known of this area to this day. He met few people who were from Yemen and were seeking to talk to Him about a petition that his new governor over newly converted Yemen, Ali was very hard in applying Islamic laws on them. The prophet felt upset and he said to them "Do you dispute that I be your ruler?" They surprised answered "No", He said " Whom considers me his ruler then Ali is his ruler", and he held Ali's hand and raised it for all to see. From the Sunni (or anybody's) view there is no recommendation from the Prophet that [[Ali succeed the Prophet after his death. It was just a recommendation for Ali that his judgement is as reliable as of Muhammad's himself. A few days earlier in the Farewell sermon The Prophet delivered his famous last speech which was heard and seen by all the 10 thousand pilgrims, since he was standing on the top of Mount Arafat. Here the prophet exhorted the pilgrims and told them to report the speech to people who were not in attendance when they go back to their home towns. He undisputedly said " I leave in you two pillars if you follow, you will never fail: ( The Qur'an , and my Sunnah (way)). The Qur'an was already revealed in full to the last verse few month before the Pilgimmage. It is used by the Shia in arguing in favour of Ali 's right to the Succession To Muhammad . This well is near today's al-Juhfah of few inhabitants. It was one of the places on the Trade route between Yemen and Syria, wwhere travellers could refresh their supplies of water. According to Shia and a number of Sunni references, God revealed the following verse to Muhammad at Ghadir Khumm, while others believe this revelation was three months before the Pilgimmage: ''"O Messenger, deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you do not do it, then you have not delivered His Message; and Allah will protect you from the people..."'' (The Holy Qur'ān, 5:67) This verse teaches that whatever Muhammad was instructed by God to "deliver" at this point was clearly significant because God warned that if it were not to have been delivered, then it would have been as though Muhammad had delivered nothing at all; even after all his years of Prophethood and despite all his efforts up to this point to establish Islam. Furthermore, it teaches that God's words, ''"and Allah will protect you from the people..."'' was revealed, because Muhammad had anticipated that there would be objections to whatever was to be "delivered" to the people. Next is a Hadith reported to be said in numerous places, by various sources, and also in Gadir, by some sources: ''"O people! I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in response to Allah's call, would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book of Allah in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and then said: The second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family."'' In Ghadir, according to all sources, the prophet said: ''"O' people, who, among people, has greater awla over the believers than themselves?"'' They said: ''"God and His Messenger are knowledgeable."'' He said: ''"Certainly, God is my '''mawla''', and I am the '''mawla''' of the believers, and I have greater awla on the believers than themselves, so for whoever I am his '''mawla''', Ali is his '''mawla'''."'' According to numerous Islamic scholars (both Sunni and Shi'a ), the event at Ghadir Khumm is a credible one which has been narrated by about 110 companions of Muhammad. The debate lies in the definition attributed by either side to the term '' Mawla '' adopted in the Prophetic tradition which means ruler or Nasi . According to Shia sources, after the Farwell Hajj , when people started to disperce on their way home, Muhammad ordered those that dispersed a head to come back and assemle i place near an Oasis called Ghadir Khumm . When they where assembled, over 100 000 Muslims, ordered a high place to be built for him and went on top it and startrd to deliver a long sermon. At the end of it, he asked the people: :''Does Allah have higher authority (awla) over a Beliver than themselves? They affirmed his question. Then he asked: "Am I the authority (awla) whom you obey?" They answered, ''"We obey your directions."'' he then took Ali's hand and said: :''"For whomsoever i am the Mawla , this Ali is his Mawla too. :''"Man kuntu Mawla, Fahaza Alion Mawla. "O Allah! Love (wali ) those who love him (walaah) and be an enemy to those who are inimical to him. :''allahummu wali man walaah wa `adi man `adaah :''"(« من کنت مولاه فهذا علي مولاه اللهم وال من والاه و عاد من عاداه ») After that, People came in line and shaked Alis hand. Umar said: :''"Congratulations, O Ali ! You have become the Mawla of every single believer." Sunni resources counter by the fact that the Prophet could have assigned Ali in his Farewell sermon few days before the incident of Gadir, when all the Muslims attended the Hajj and listened to his final cermon. The Sunni resources dispute the added details of Gadir Hadith ( in Shia resources) such as excagurated number of Muslims(100 thousand? while all the pilgrims were 10 thousand, 100 miles back in Mecca , and the huge distance of Gadir from Mecca in the most arid places in Arabia. NOTE |
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