Eid-e Ghadir – Declaration at Ghadir e Khumm Eid-e-Ghadir is one of the most important days of rejoicing for Shia Muslims around the world as that was the day our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) declared Hazrat Ali’s vicegerency at Ghadir e Khumm on his return from his last pilgrimage which is known in history […]
Father: Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim. Mother: Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim bin Abd Munaf. Kunniyat (Patronymic): Abul Hasan and Husayn, Abu Turab Laqab (Title): Al-Wasi, Amir al-Mu’minin, Al-Murtaza Birth: He was born in the Ka’ba, in thirty ‘Am al-Fil (the year of the elephant). Martyrdom: He was martyred at the age […]
Author: Imam Ali a.s Translator(s): Ali A. Behzadnia, M.D. Salwa Denny The Richest Treasure
Explicit Testimonies of Sahih Sunni Ahadith Translator(s): Toyib Olawuyi “Ali (a.s)” The Best of the Sahabah
About Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s): Titles: “Abu Turab, Murtadha, Hyder, Asadullah” Father: Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (a.s) Mother: Lady Fatima bint Asad (s.a) Birth Date: 13th Rajab or 16 BH (601AD), in Ka’aba, Mecca Died On: 21st Ramadan 40 AH (January 31st 661), at the Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq Place […]
Translator: Allama Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi Nahjul Balagha Imam Ali a.s The Nahj al-Balagha (Arabic: نهج البلاغة Nahj-ul Balāgha(h),”The pinnacle of Eloquence “) is the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and narrations attributed to Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. It was collected by Sharif Razi, a Shia scholar in the Tenth […]
By Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau Reference: Kitab al-Irshad by Sheikh al-Mufid
From Nahjul Balagha – The peak of Eloquence Complied by Allamah ash-Sharif Ar-Radi
Author: Ansarian 100 maxims (Hadith)
Reborn “Dr. Thomas McElwain”
In my opinion, the appointment of Imam Ali (A.S.) as the successor of the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) is the most important point of sermon of “Ghadir”. First, Shia and Sunni narrative sources have both narrated this event. Secondly, this event has been prophesied several times in the Bible.