Quranic Ayats and Hadith about Ghadir

Quranic Ayats and Hadith about Ghadir

O Messenger, Proclaim what has been sent down to you from your Lord; and if you don’t do it, you have not delivered His Message (at all); and Allah will protect you from the people (Qur’an: Chapter 5, Verse 67) Today I have perfected your religion and completed my favor upon you, and I was satisfied that Islam be your religion. (Qur’an 5:3)

A questioner questioned about the punishment to fall. For the disbelievers there is nothing to avert it, from Allah the Lord of the
(Qur’an 70:1-3)
Ascent.

When Imam ‘Ali (a), during the time of his caliphate and decades after the event of Ghadir, said to Anas bin Malik, the Companion of the Prophet (s): “Why don’t you stand up and testify what you heard from the Messenger of Allah on the day of Ghadir?” He answered, “O Amir al-Muminin! I have grown old and do not remember.” Thereupon ‘Ali (a) said: “May Allah mark you with a white spot (of leprosy) unconcealable 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.”

Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinawari, Kitab al-Ma’arif, (Cairo, 1353 AH), p. 251 Ahmad bin Hanbal, al-Musnad, vol. 1, p. 119 Abu Nu`aym al-‘Isfahani,Hilyat al-Awliya’, (Beirut, 1988), vol. 5, p. 27 Nur al-Din al-Halabi al-Shafi’i, al-Sirah al-Halabiyya, vol. 3, p. 336 Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Kanz al-‘Ummal, (Halab, 1969-84), vol. 13, p. 131

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