Allegiance at Ghadir

بسم الله الواحد القهار

يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَاللّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ

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.[5:67]

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Qurb Al-Isnaad] As-Sindi Ibn Mohammad from Safwan Al-Jammaal who said:‘Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘When this Verse was Revealed with the Wilayah[5:67], Rasool-Allah(صلى الله عليه وآله) ordered for a Pulpit at Ghadir Khumm, then called for the congregational Prayer, then said: ‘O you people! whoever I am a Master of, so Ali is his Master. Don't have I more authority on you than you on your own selves?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He then said: 'whoever I am a Master of, so Ali is his Master. So Lord! Befriend the one who befriends him and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him’.

Then he ordered the people to pledge their allegiances to Ali, and the people did pledge their allegiances. And there did not come anyone except that he pledged his allegiance, and did not speak (argue), until there came Zufar(i.e. Abu Bakr) and Habtar(i.e. Umar). So he said: ‘O Zufar! Pledge allegiance to Ali(عليه السلام) with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and from His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and His Rasool’.

Then Habtar came up, so he said: ‘Pledge allegiance to Ali with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and from His Rasool’. Then he turned away and met up with Zufar and said to him, ‘How intensely he has raised his cousin with two arms’.

Grading: Sahih(authentic).

Check narrators in Rijaal Section:

12: Aban Ibn Mohammad, known as As-Sindi

925: Safwan Ibn Mehran Al-Jammaal

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37 Pg. 119 

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Tafsir Al-Ayyashi] from Safwan Al-Jammaal who said:‘Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘When this Verse was Revealed with the Wilayah[5:67], Rasool-Allah(صلى الله عليه وآله) ordered for a Pulpit at Ghadir Khumm – So he arose, then called for the congregational Prayer, then said: ‘O you people! Don't have I more authority on believers than them on their own selves?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said: ‘So whoever I was a Master of, so Ali is his Master. Lord! Befriend the one who befriends him and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him’.

Then he ordered the people to pledge their allegiances to him, and the people did pledge their allegiances. And there did not come anyone except that he pledged his allegiance, and did not speak (argue), until there came Abu Bakr. So he said: ‘O Abu Bakr! Pledge allegiance to Ali(عليه السلام) with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and from His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and His Rasool’.

Then Umar came up, so he said: ‘Pledge allegiance to Ali with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and from His Rasool’. Then he turned away and met up with Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘How intensely he has raised his cousin with two arms’.

Then he went out fleeing from the army, and it was not long before he came to the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله), so he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah! I went out from the army for a need, so I saw a man in a white robe which I have not seen better than it before, and the man had the best looking face from the people, and most fragrant aroma, so he said, ‘Rasool-Allah has contracted for Ali a contract, none shall absolve it except for an unbeliever’. So he said: O Umar! Do you know who that was?’ He said, ‘No’. He said: ‘That was Jibraeel(عليه السلام), so be cautioned lest you become the first one to absolve it, so you will be an unbeliever’.

Then Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘Twelve thousand men were present at Al-Ghadir, testifying to Ali Bin Abu Talib. So what is the justification for taking away his right, and if one of you has wealth with him, and there are two witnesses for it, he can take back his right. [5:56] then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant – regarding Ali’.

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37 Pg. 139