Day of Ghadir

The eighteenth of Dhul-Hijjah, year 10 A.H (i.e. Day of Ghadir Khumm) was the day when Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his household) was commanded by Allah to appoint Imam Ali son of Abu-Talib to be his vicegerent and successor immediately after him. The great lesson of Ghadir is to fight against discord. All followers of Islam should avoid insulting each other’s sanctities and stop bringing up provocative and sensitive issues.

قال رسول الله صلی الله علیه و آله:علیً أَعْدَلُكُمْ‏ فِي الرَّعِيَّة،بحار الانوار، ج 65، ص:55

قال رسول الله صلی الله علیه و آله:مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، بحار الانوار،

Biography Of Imam Ali

الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ

Every eighteenth of Dhul-Hijjah is marked and celebrated world-wide by the Shia-Muslims as the Ghadir Khum festival. The day is a remarkable day in the history of Islam as the Apostle of God (Peace be upon him and his pure household) was commanded on this day in the tenth year after Hijrah to stop at the pond of Khumm with the sole aim of nominating Ali son of Abu-Talib (peace be upon him) as his vicegerent and the immediate successor after him. With this divine appointment, the religion of Islam was perfected and approved of by Allah and His favours were completed.
 

الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُم