Ghadir
feast in light of Ahadith
By: K. Safavi
A dignified feast
Hazrat Imam Ali ibn-e-Abi Talib (as)
said: The Ghadir feast is a day which dignity is great. On this day,
blessings fell from heaven; the ranks of those who were eligible to rise
was enhanced; God's proofs became clear and manifest; today was the day
when religion was perfected; a day fit to take the oath of allegiance.
A great feast
Imam Jafar bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as)
was asked if there is any Eid other than 'Friday', 'Qurban', & 'Fitr'?
The Imam peace be on him replied: "Yes, the greatest one! It is a day in
which the Prophet (saww) appointed Amir-ul-Momineen Hazrat Ali ibn-e-Abi
Talib (as) as his successor & said: 'Whoever I am his master, then Ali
is his master.'"
A felicitous feast
Hazrat Imam Jafar bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq
(as) said: By God if people knew the real virtue of the Ghadir Khum
feast, the angels would shake hand with them ten times a day and what
the God would grant to them could not be counted.
A refulgent feast
Hazrat Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar bin
Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: Ghadir Khum feast in the midst of Eid-ul-Fitr,
Eid-ul-Azha and Friday is like the moon amid the stars.
One of the four divine feasts
Imam Jafar bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as)
said: On the Day of Resurrection, four days will be summoned before God
like the bride who hurries into the wedding chamber. These are Eid-ul-Fitr,
Eid-ul-Adha, Friday and Ghadir Khum feast.
A heavenly feast
Hazrat Imam Ali bin Mousa Al-Reza (as)
said: My father told me from his father Hazrat Imam Jafar bin Muhammad
Al-Sadiq (as) that the Ghadir feast is much more famous in heaven than
on Earth. |