Ghadeer Khumm — The Nightmare of The Nawasib
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ٱللَّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ وَٱلْعَنْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ
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The event of Ghadeer Khumm is one of the most important and fundamental events that has ever taken place in the history of Islam; however, majority of the 'muslims' have never even heard of the event. Why is this? First let us take a look into the actual event itself, its response, and what happened after.
In the event of Ghadeer, the Prophet SAWW was returning back to Madinah from his last Hajj with the muslims, they stopped at a place called Ghadeer Khumm and he ordered some muslims to create a temporary mimbar (pulpit) so that he may go and give a speech. We went up on the mimbar, and asked the people if they could hear his voice clearly. Before he began his speech, Allah revealed to him this verse:
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
O Messenger! Convey everything revealed to you from your Lord. If you do not, then you have not delivered His message. Allah will ˹certainly˺ protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the people who disbelieve.
So what was the message that if the Prophet did not deliver, it is as if he has not delivered the entirety of Islam? The Prophet called on Ali ibn Abi Talib to come to the mimbar and he said, "For whomever I am his Mawla, then Ali is also his Mawla" and after he had finished his speech, Allah revealed to the Prophet:
- Tafsir al-Kabir, by Fakhr al-Razi, under commentary of verse 5:67, v12, pp 49-50, narrated on the authorities of Ibn Abbas, al-Bara Ibn Azib, and Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali.
- Asbab al-Nuzool, by al-Wahidi, p50, narrated on the authorities of Atiyyah and Abu Sa’id al Khudri.
- Nuzul al-Qur’an, by al-Hafiz Abu Nu’aym narrated on the authorities Abu Sa’id Khudri and Abu Rafi.
- al-Fusool al Muhimmah, by Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki al-Makki, p24
- Durr al-Manthur, by al-Hafiz al-Suyuti, under commentary of verse 5:67
- Fathul Qadir, by al-Shawkani, under commentary of verse 5:67
- Fathul Bayan, by Hasan Khan, under commentary of verse 5:67
- Shaykh Muhi al-Din al-Nawawi, under commentary of verse 5:67
- al-Sirah al-Halabiyah, by Noor al-Din al-Halabi, v3, p301
- Umdatul Qari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, by al-Ayni
- Tafsir al-Nisaboori, v6, p194
- Sahih Tirmidhi, v2, p298, v5, p63
- Sunan Ibn Maja, v1, pp 12,43
- Khasa’is, by al-Nisa’i, pp 4,21
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v2, p129, v3, pp 109-110,116,371
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,118,119,152,330, v4, pp 281,368,370, 372,378, v5, pp 35,347,358,361,366,419 (from 40 chains of narrators)
- Fada’il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, pp 563,572
- Majma’ al-Zawa’id, by al-Haythami, v9, p103 (from several transmitters)
- Tafsir al-Kabir, by Fakhr al-Razi, v12, pp 49-50
- Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthur, by al-Hafiz Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v3, p19
- Tarikh al-Khulafa, by al-Suyuti, pp 169,173
- al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah, by Ibn Kathir, v3, p213, v5, p208
- Usdul Ghabah, by Ibn Athir, v4, p114
- Mushkil al-Athar, by al-Tahawi, v2, pp 307-308
- Habib al-Siyar, by Mir Khand, v1, part 3, p144
- Sawaiq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, p26
- al-Isabah, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v2, p509; v1, part1, p319, v2, part1, p57, v3, part1, p29, v4, part 1, pp 14,16,143
- Tabarani, who narrated from companions such as Ibn Umar, Malik Ibn al-Hawirath, Habashi Ibn Junadah, Jari, Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas, Anas Ibn Malik, Ibn Abbas, Amarah,Buraydah,...
- Tarikh, by al-Khatib Baghdadi, v8, p290
- Hilyatul Awliya’, by al-Hafiz Abu Nu’aym, v4, p23, v5, pp26-27
- al-Istiab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, Chapter of word "ayn”(‘Ali), v2, p462
- Kanzul Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, v6, pp 154,397
- al-Mirqat, v5, p568
- al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, v2, p172
- Dhaka’ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p68
- Faydh al-Qadir, by al-Manawi, v6, p217
- Yanabi’ al-Mawaddah, by al-Qudoozi al-Hanafi, p297
And finally the sources for the Qur'an verse revealed after:
- al-Durr al-Manthur, by al-Hafiz Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v3, p19
- Tarikh, by Khatib al-Baghdadi, v8, pp 290,596 from Abu Hurayra
- Manaqaib, by Ibn Maghazali, p19
- History of Damascus, Ibn Asakir, v2, p75
- al-Itqan, by al-Suyuti, v1, p13
- Manaqib, by Khawarazmi al-Hanfi, p80
- al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah, by Ibn Kathir, v3, p213
- Yanabi’ al-Mawaddah, by al-Qudoozi al-Hanafi, p115
- Nuzul al-Qur’an, by al-Hafiz Abu Nu’aym narrated on the authority Abu Sa’id Khudri.
Some laymen might me concerned that these books are not mainstream sources, outside of al-Tirmidhi. So let us look at some sources that are within these mainstream sources:
- https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3786
- https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3788
- https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3789
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:961
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:670
- https://sunnah.com/muslim:2408d
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:961
- https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:121
- https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3713
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:950
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:961
- https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:116
- https://sunnah.com/ahmad:1311
So what is there left to deny? These are a lot of sources. So why do the Bakris deny this? Let us take a look at a couple of counter arguments. A lot of people will say that this event was in regards to showing the prophet's love for Ali, or that they will say "Mawla" means friend. These are all logical in-fallacies. If this was as something as simple as declaring friendship with Ali or saying that Ali is the friend of every believer, or clearing up the name of Ali, then why did Allah reveal before that much was said that if the Prophet did not say this, it is as if he did not reveal the entirety of Islam at all? No sunni explanation for this makes any sense, how can it be except that Ali is the master of the believers and the caliph of the believers after the Prophet? This event is the nightmare of the Nawasib, because the verses that were revealed during this event exposed their kufr. If you do not accept Ali as your Mawla it is as if you have not accepted Islam at all. And if you accept Ali as your Mawla, you cannot accept Abu Bakr or Umar as they stole the caliphate from him!
For more proving the caliphate of Ali, read our article on it here.
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