18th Zilhajj - Eid-E-Ghadir

On 18th Zilhijjah of the year 10 A.H. (10 March 632 CE) ,after completing the last pilgrimage ,the Holy Prophet(pbuh) along with around 100,000 Muslims reached a place called 'Ghadir-e-khumm' near Mecca. The following verse was revealed:

Ya 'ayyuhar Rasoolu ballig maa unzila ilayka mir-Rabbik. Wa illam taf'al famaa ballagta Risaalatah. Wallaahu ya'simuka minan naas. Innal'laaha laa yahdilqawmal kaafiriin.

O Messenger! deliver what bas been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people. [Quran 5:67]

On receiving the above verse, the Holy Prophet stopped at that very place & delivered a speech an extract of which is :-

[....It seems the time has approached when I shall be called away (by Allah) and I shall answer that call. I am leaving for you two precious things and if you adhere to them both, you will never go astray after me. They are the Book of Allah and my Progeny, that is my Ahlul Bayt. The two shall never separate from each other until they come to me by the Pool (of Paradise)." Then the Holy Prophet (pbuh) in an attempt to remind Muslims of his own authority over them said: " Do I not have more right over the believers than what they have over themselves? " Muslims answered unanimously " Yes, O' Messenger of God ". This served as a stepping stone for the announcement of his hier and vicegerent. The Holy Prophet(pbuh) held out the hand of Ali(as) and said:

"Man Kuntu Mowlahu fa haza Aliyun Mowlahu"

"For whoever I am his Leader, 'Ali is his Leader."

The Holy Prophet then continued to say:

"O' God, love those who love him, and be hostile to those who are hostile to him."

Prophet Muhammad had been discoursing all the other revelations among the muslims regarding the tenets and practice of the faith and about material life, and what could this verse of surpassing urgency mean and why was he admonished that if he did not reveal that message then his mission would be unfulfilled! Why had he been warned so strongly by Allah to deliver the message right away.

According to Shia tradition, Prophet Muhammad had been apprehensive about declaring his own son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib as his spiritual (Amirul Momineen, Commander of the believers) and secular (Caliph, King) heir, for fear that it would divide the nascent Muslim community. The rich Muslims were already jealous of Hazrat Ali's favored position with Prophet Muhammad (being married to Hazrat Fatima, being his cousin, appointed as Commander at many important battles) and in the above revelation God reassures him.

Al Muayyad talks about the Gadhir-e Khumm appointment in his Majalis as follows:

"It must be borne in mind that after the death of the Prophet the belief in the Wilayat of the Imams from his progeny is as important a part of our religion as the belief in the Wilayat of the Prophet in his lifetime. This is supported by the Tradition according to which the Prophet is reported to have said at ‘Ghadeer Khum', "Am I not more precious to you than your own-selves." This is an echo of the Qur'anic verse which says, "The Prophet is more dear to the ‘Momins' than their own-selves to them." It is said, that in response to this question by the Prophet, when the ‘Momins' said "Yes, you are dearer to us than our own lives", the Prophet said, "O God, be witness to their admission". After this he said, "‘Ali is the master of one who acknowledges me to be his master. O God love those who love ‘Ali. Help those who help ‘Ali. Desert those who desert ‘Ali. Let the truth accompany ‘Ali wherever he goes."

Prophet Muhammad felt great relief upon accomplishment of his mission of declaring Hazrat Ali his successor and legatee, wasi, and thereupon received the final revelation:

"This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion" Quran 5:3.

"Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands. Therefore whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to the injury of his own soul, and whoever fulfills what he has pledged with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward." Quran (48:10)

"And, He it is who made the stars for you that ye maybe rightly guided by observing them in the darkness of the land and the sea; Indeed we have made plain the Signs for the people who can know. Qur'an (6:98)

The Holy Prophet (sas) said:

"As the stars in the sky are the source of guidance to the travelers, the Holy Ones of my Ahli-Bayt (the Imams descended from the Prophet's family) are the source of guidance for the people. And, as the stars will remain in the sky until the day of judgment, the earth will never be without a Divine Guide from my Ahl al Bayt, that is an Imam".

Several verses in the Quran speak about the Light of God and Rope of Imamat which is a continuous chain (Hablillah) since Hazrat Adam, through all the Prophets including, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and after him through the hereditary Imams. The Mahdi - Savior that is referred to by all Prophets and religions is referred to the Noor of Allah, Living and present in Mowlana Shah Karim Al Hussaini Hazar Imam. Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammadin wa Ahl-e Muhammad.

In the Fatimid era, Eid-e Ghadir became an even more important holiday as the Imams were also the Caliphs and many blessings were showered on the community.

"Morale and enthusiasm were kept up by the observance of various festivals of general Islamic nature; particularly those of Shia and Ismaili. Fridays and the two Idd days were the days of festivity. Moreover, the Shia festival of Idd-e-Ghadeer Khum and the 10th of Muharram were also observed.

Birthdays of the Ahli-Bayt (the Prophet's family) and the Imams and certain important dates of the year were celebrated. Imam took part in the celebrations of the festivals. Local festivals of secular origin, like the "Flooding of the Nile" and "Navroz" (beginning of spring) were also encouraged by the Imam. Imam al-Muiz would hold huge receptions at his palace; processions were taken through the town and the whole town was illuminated". - From History of the Imams

Everyday, we repeat in our prayers:"Guide us to the right path: The path of those whom Thou hast blessed." Quran (1:6-7)

Every time I read the Quran, I find more and more passages, pointing to this Grace of Allah, to the presence of the Everliving Guide.

"And say those who disbelieve: "why hath not a sign been sent down unto him (Muhammad)"; Verily thou art a warner and for every people there is a guide" Quran (13:7)

Maulana Abbas Ansari Thanks Iran For Support

"Today the major duties of the elite of the Islamic Ummah is to provide help to the Palestinian nation and the besieged people of Gaza, to sympathize and provide assistance to the nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Kashmir, to engage in struggle and resistance against the aggressions of the United States and the Zionist regime, to safeguard the solidarity of Muslims and stop tainted hands and mercenary voices that try to damage this unity, to spread awakening and the sense of responsibility and commitment among Muslim youth throughout Islamic communities." (Ayatullah Syed Ali Khameini)

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatullah Syed Ali Khameini's message to Hajj pilgrims in which he had called upon Islamic Ummah to Sympathize and provide assistance to Kashmir shows the growing consensus on the global level on Kashmir dispute. It also shows that voices are being raised at the international level to resolve the Kashmir issue and pressure is mounting on India.

Wali Faqih Ayatullah Al Uzma Syed Ali Khameini is a great leader of not only the Iranians but the whole Muslim Ummah and we whole heartedly thank our beloved leader and the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran and the great Iranian nation for their support to the oppressed people of Kashmir. I express my gratitude on behalf of the Kashmiri people.

Indeed the Kashmiris and pro-freedom leadership in Kashmir was encouraged by the statement of support from Ayatollah Ali Khameini which has clearly accepted Kashmir as a disputed territory.

Muslim Ummah should have one voice on Kashmir that it’s a dispute and there will be no peace in south Asia till it’s resolved. Apart from sympathizing and providing moral assistance to the Kashmir's freedom struggle, Islamic Countries should take serious political and diplomatic steps to put pressure on India to stop human rights violations in Kashmir and resolve the issue according to the aspirations of the people of Kashmir.

Ayatullah Khamenei Pleads Ummah "Sympathize and Provide assistance to Kashmir"

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and may Allah’s blessings be upon our Master, Muhammad al-Mustafa and his immaculate Family and his elect Companions.

As a symbol of Islamic unity and honour and the emblem of monotheism and spirituality, the Holy Ka’bah, during the Hajj season, is host to the ardent and hopeful hearts, who come hurrying from all over the world to the birthplace of Islam in response to the call of the Glorious Lord. At this time, the Islamic Ummah can have a bird’s eye view of its own great extent and diversity, seen through the eyes of its envoys who gather here from all over the world, and be witness to the profound faith that rules over the hearts of the followers of the True Religion, and appreciate its great and peerless heritage.

This self-discovery of the Ummah enables us as Muslims to become aware of the position which is worthy of them in the world, today and tomorrow, and to keep moving towards it.

The expanding wave of Islamic awakening in the world today is a reality that heralds a bright future for the Islamic Ummah. This powerful surge started three decades ago with the victory of the Islamic Revolution and establishment of the system of the Islamic Republic. Our great Ummah has continued to march ahead non-stop, removing the obstacles from its way and conquering new fronts. The sophisticated stratagems of the global Arrogance and its costly maneuvers aimed at countering Islam are also a consequence of these victories.

The extensive propaganda of the enemy to spread Islamophobia, its offhand efforts to create discord among Muslim sects, to incite sectarian prejudices, to bring about pseudo-confrontations between the Sunnis and the Shi’ah, to create disunity between Islamic states and to aggravate their differences, to change them into hostility and unsolvable conflicts, its employment of intelligence and espionage outfits to propagate corruption and immorality amongst the youth—all these are nervous and bewildered responses to the steady and firm advances of the Islamic Ummah towards awakening, honour and freedom.

Today the Zionist regime is no more the undefeatable monster of 30 years ago. The United States and the West are also no more the unquestionable decision-makers of the Middle East that they were two decades ago. Contrary to the situation that existed ten years ago, the nuclear know-how and other complex technologies are no longer considered inaccessible daydreams for Muslim nations of the region. Today the Palestinian nation is an acknowledged paragon of resistance, the Lebanese nation has single-handedly demolished the fake awesomeness of the Zionist regime and emerged as the victor of the 33-day war, and the Iranian nation is at the vanguard of the movement towards the looming peaks.

Today the arrogant United States, the self-styled commandant of the Islamic region and the real sponsor of the Zionist regime, is bogged down in the quagmire of its own making in Afghanistan. As a result of all its crimes against the people of Iraq, it is in the course of becoming isolated in that country. It is hated more than ever before in disaster-stricken Pakistan. Today, the influence of the anti-Islamic front which since the past two centuries has acted as a despotic overlord over Islamic nations and states and plundered their resources, is receding before the heroic resistance of the Muslim nations.

On the opposite side, the wave of Islamic awakening is steadily advancing and growing in depth day by day.

On the one hand, this hopeful and promising situation should inspire us, the Muslim nations, to keep marching ahead towards the desirable future with ever greater confidence. On the other hand, the past lessons and experience should make us more vigilant than ever before. This general imperative undoubtedly calls for greater commitment from religious scholars, political leaders, intellectuals and youth than the others and requires them to be at the vanguard of the struggle.

The clear and living message of the Noble Qur’an is addressed to us:

You are the best nation ever brought forth for mankind: you bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and have faith in Allah. (3:110)

In this majestic address the Islamic Ummah is declared as one which has been brought forth for the sake of humanity. The aim of its birth is the good of mankind and its deliverance.

Its major duty is to urge what is good and to forbid evil while maintaining unshakeable faith in God. There is no ‘right thing’ (ma’ruf) more significant than rescuing nations from the satanic claws of the global Arrogance, and there is no ‘wrong thing’ (munkar) uglier than dependence on the Arrogant and servitude to them.

Today the major duties of the elite of the Islamic Ummah is to provide help to the Palestinian nation and the besieged people of Gaza, to sympathize and provide assistance to the nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Kashmir, to engage in struggle and resistance against the aggressions of the United States and the Zionist regime, to safeguard the solidarity of Muslims and stop tainted hands and mercenary voices that try to damage this unity, to spread awakening and the sense of responsibility and commitment among Muslim youth throughout Islamic communities.

The glorious spectacle and stage of Hajj provides us with an opportunity for the fulfillment of these duties and summons us to intensify and redouble our resolution and efforts.

Peace and Allah’s mercy be upon you!

Sayyid Ali Hussaini Khamenei

1 Dhul Hijjah, 1431

(8 Nov., 2010)

عید قربان خود میں صبر و استقامت اور ایثار و فداکاری کا جذبہ پیدا کرنے کی تعلیم دیتی ہے

جامع مسجد سجادیہ میں مولانا عباس انصاری کی پیشوائی میں نماز عید پڑھی گئی

سرینگر: عید الاضحیٰ کے مقدس اور متبرک موقعہ پر آج وادی کے طول و عرض میں جموں و کشمیر اتحاد المسلمین کے اہتمام سے نماز عید کے عظیم الشان اجتماعات منعقد ہوئے جن میں مسجد جامع سجادیہ ، چھتہ بل سرینگر، امام باڑہ غازی در آرم پورہ پٹن، مسجد باب المراد میرگنڈ، امام باڑہ گنڈ خواجہ قاسم، امام باڑہ کاوہ پورہ، سمبل، جامع مسجد سیدہ پورہ، سوپور قابل ذکر ہیں۔ سب سے بڑا اجتماع مسجد جامع سجادیہ ، چھتہ بل سرینگر میں منعقد ہوا جہاں نماز عید کی تقریب کی پیشوائی کل جماعتی حریت کانفرنس کے سابق چیرمین اور جموں کشمیر اتحاد المسلمین کے سرپرست اعلیٰ مولانا محمد عباس انصاری نے کی۔ اس موقعہ پر خطبہ نماز میں مولانا عباس انصاری نے مسلمانان عالم خصوصاً کشمیری عوام کو عید سعید کی مبارک باد دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ عید قربان ہمیں صبر و استقامت اور ایثار و فداکاری کا جذبہ خود میں پیدا کرنے کی تعلیم دیتی ہے اور اپنے معبود کی راہ میں اپنا سب کچھ نچھاور کرنے کا درس فراہم کرتی ہے۔ مولانا عباس انصاری نے فلسفہ عید قربان بیان کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ جس طرح انفرادی سطح پر ہر ایک کو امتحان سے گزرنا پڑتا ہے اسی طرح قوموں کی اجتماعی حیات میں بھی امتحانات اور آزمایشات کے ذریعے مختلف نشیب و فراز پیدا ہوتے ہیں اور کشمیری عوام بھی اپنی اجتماعی زندگی میں جن امتحانوں سے گزر رہے ہیں ان میں سرخرو اور کامیابی اسی صورت میں ممکن ہے جب ہم متحد ہوکر ان مقاصد اور اہداف کی تکمیل کے لئے کام کریں جن کے لئے ہم نے گزشتہ ساٹھ برسوں میں انگنت قربانیاں دی ہیں۔

مولانا عباس انصاری نے اپنے خطبہ نماز میں اس بات پر تاکید کی کہ ہمیں موجودہ حالات میں عید کو سادگی سے منانا چاہئے اور عید کی خوشیوں میں ان غریبوں، یتیموں اور بیواوں کو بھی یاد رکھنا چاہئے جو موجودہ نامساعد حالات کی وجہ سے مشکلات میں مبتلا ہوئے ہیں۔ مولانا عباس انصاری نے عید الاضحی مے مقدس موقعہ پر حریت قائدین خصوصاً میرواعظ مولوی محمد عمر فاروق کی بلا جواز نظربندی کی مذمت کرتے ہوئے اسے مسلمانوں کے دینی معاملات میں بیجا مداخلت قرار دیا اور حکومت کو خبردار کیا کہ وہ ایسے دین مخالف اقدامات سے پرہیز کرے ورنہ اس کے جو بھی نتائج برآمد ہوں گے اس کی تمام تر ذمہ داری حکومت پر ہی عائد ہوگی۔

مسلمان اپنے غمزدہ بھائیوں کے ساتھ اظہار یکجہتی کریں : اتحاد المسلمین

عید قربان ہمیں خود میں صبر و استقامت اور ایثار و فداکاری کا جذبہ پیدا کرنے کی تعلیم دیتی ہے

سرینگر: جموں و کشمیر اتحاد المسلمین عید الاضحی کے متبرک موقعہ پر مسلمانان عالم خصوصاً کشمیری عوام کو عید سعید کی مبارک باد دیتے ہوئے رواں عوامی تحریک کے دوراں شہیدہوئے تمام جانبازوں کو زبردست خراج عقیدت پیش کرتی ہے اور اُنکے غمزدہ خاندانوں کے ساتھ مکمل یکجہتی کا اظہار بھی کرتی ہے۔ نیز جیلوں اور تھانوں میں نظر بند سینکڑوں افراد جن میں اکثریت جیالے جوانوں کی ہے، کے ساتھ بھی ہمدردی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے، حکومتِ ہند اور مقامی ارباب ِاختیار پر زور دیتی ہے کہ تمام حریت پسند نظربندوں کی فوری رہائی کے احکامات صادر کرکے، انہیں اپنے اہل و عیال اور دیگر اقرباءکے ساتھ آنے والی عید الاضحی کی خوشیاں بانٹنے کا موقعہ فراہم کیا جائے۔ اتحاد المسلمین جدوجہد میں مجروحین کے ساتھ بھرپور ہمدردی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے ، اُنکی جلد صحتیابی کے لئے لوگوں سے دُعا کی اپیل کرتی ہے۔ اتحاد المسلمین ، عامتہ المسلمین سے مخلصانہ اپیل کرتی ہے کہ عید سعید کی تقریب کو پوری اسلامی شان مگر انتہائی سادگی سے منائیں اور اسمیں اپنے اُن بھائیوں کے ساتھ یکجہتی کا اظہار کریں جن کے لختِ جگر رواں تحریک جو 1989ءسے جاری ہے، کے دوراں یا تو شہید ہوگئے یا زخمی ہوکر ناتواں ہوچکے ہیں کیونکہ عید قربان ہمیں صبر و استقامت اور ایثار و فداکاری کا جذبہ خود میں پیدا کرنے کی تعلیم دیتی ہے اور اپنے معبود کی راہ میں اپنا سب کچھ نچھاور کرنے کا درس فراہم کرتی ہے۔ اسکے علاوہ غریب اور مفلوک الحال بھائیوں کی بھرپور معاونت کا بھی اہتمام کیا جائے تاکہ کوئی مسلمان عید کی خوشیوں سے محروم نہ رہے۔ نیز جنکے بچے یا رشتہ دار اس وقت مختلف جیلوں اور تھانوں میں نظربند ہیں، اُنکے ساتھ مکمل یکجہتی کا مظاہرہ کرکے ، اُنکے پریشاں دل لواحقین کی ڈھارس بند ھائیں۔

شعبہ نشر و اشاعت جموں و کشمیر اتحاد المسلمین