Celebration
of Eid e Ghadeer in the Heavens and Earth
Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) narrates from his father Hazrat
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) who narrates from Hazrat Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that he (a.s.)
said: “The day of Ghadeer is more celebrated and well known amongst the
inhabitants of the skies as opposed to the inhabitants of the earth”.
Allah, the Almighty has created a palace in Paradise with
bricks of gold and silver. In this palace, there are 100,000 red rooms and
100,000 green tents. The soil of this palace is musk and ambergris[1] (anbar). There are four
streams in this palace. One stream is of sharaab, one stream of water, one
stream of milk and one stream of honey. There are trees on the banks of these
streams which bear various types of fruits. And there are birds on these trees
whose bodies are made up of pearl and their wings are made up of Yaqoot and
they chirp various sounds.
When the day of Ghadeer sets in, the inhabitants of the
heavens enter this palace. And they do tasbeeh, taqdees and tahleel in this
palace. Those birds also enter this palace and bathe in water and then again
drown themselves in musk and ambergris (anbar). When the angels gather, they
fly and sprinkle this fragrance on them.
The Angels on the day of ghadeer gift each other with
“nisar e Janabe Fatima (s.a.)”. When the final minutes of the day of Ghadeer
come near there is voice which says, advance in your levels and stages, that
for the sake of Mohammed (s.a.w.a.) and Ali (a.s.) you are safeguarded from
errors and slips till the same day of next year.” (Your infallibility is
renewed till the Day of Ghadeer next year).
Reference – Extract from the book Asraar e Ghadeer by
Mohammed Baqir Ansari Zanjani, page 237
Let us see how we should celebrate day of Ghadeer on the
earth….
Spending on the Day
of Gadheer
From
as-Sadiq [Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad] (peace be upon him) that he said, “…giving
one dirham to a brother in faith and who has cognizance (of the greatness and
importance of the day of Ghadeer) is equal to giving 1,000 dirham (at any other
time).Therefore on this day, give to your brothers and make all of the
believing men and believing women happy and delighted.”
Misbahul
Mutahajjid, Page 737
Those who believe in the Wilayat of
Ahlulbait (as) do admit at heart and say that the Greatest Eid is
“Eid-ul-Ghadeer”.But this belief has to be put in action, because our routine
works and business on “Eid-ul-Ghadeer” speak volumes!.
We should have a special arrangements in our houses, dresses, meals etc.
If we believe “Eid-ul-Ghadeer” to be greater than “Fitr” and “Azha”, our feast should be biggest , Eidi to childrens and relatives should be greater, our every preparation should be much better and if we find any believer who needs help we should move forward and grab this opportunity
We should have a special arrangements in our houses, dresses, meals etc.
If we believe “Eid-ul-Ghadeer” to be greater than “Fitr” and “Azha”, our feast should be biggest , Eidi to childrens and relatives should be greater, our every preparation should be much better and if we find any believer who needs help we should move forward and grab this opportunity
The 'Eid of Wilayat
“It was
said to Abi 'Abdillah [Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him):
“Do the true believers have an 'Eid other than the two 'Eid (of al-Adhha and
al-Fitr) and the Jumu'ah?”The Imam replied, “Yes, they have one which is even
greater than these ones and that is the day when Amirul Mo'minin (peace be upon
him) was designated by the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him
and his family) with the Wilayah (at Ghadeer Khumm) which rests on the necks of
all the men and women.”
Wasa'il ash-Shi'a, Volume 7, Page 325, Hadith 5
The Great 'Eid of Allah
It has
been narrated from as-Sadiq [Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad] (peace be upon him) that
he said, “This is the greatest 'Eid of
Allah, and every Prophet appointed by Allah celebrated this day as an 'Eid,
and knew the sanctity of this day.The name of this day in the heavens is the
Day of the Allegiance and Well-Known Pact, and on the Earth this Day is known
as the Day of the Promise which is taken and the Day of the Gathering of those
who witnessed (the event).”
Wasa'il
ash-Shi'a, Volume 5, Page 224, Hadith 1
But generally we see that the
celebration in Ghadeer is not even equal to “Eid-ul-Fitr” and “Azha”. We would
like to draw your attention towards a very important point in the end. All the
other Eids are called “Eid-al-Lil-Muslimeen” i.e. Eid for the Muslims, but “Eid-ul-Ghadeer” is called to be the great
Eid of the great Lord.
Well! Congratulations to those who
celebrate in a special way (Juloos and Jashn of Ghadeer).
Offering of Wilayat
of Ahle Bait (a.s.) to all creations
Just as on the day
of Ghadeer ‘wilayat’ was offered to the men, in the world of creation it was
offered to all the creations. Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) indicates in a tradition
that offering of wilayat in the world of creation happened on the day of Ghadeer.
·
Wilayat was offered to the skies. The inhabitants of the
seventh sky took precedence over others in acceptance of wilayat and Allah
adorned it with the Arsh of Allah.
·
Wilayat was
accepted by the inhabitants of the forth heaven after the seventh heaven and it
was adorned with Baitul Mamoor.
·
Wilayat was accepted by the inhabitants of the skies of
the world after the forth sky. And Allah adorned it with stars.
·
Wilayat was offered to all the land. The land of Mecca
took precedence over others in acceptance and it was adorned with Kaaba.
·
The land of Medina accepted Wilayat after Mecca and it
was adorned with Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
·
The land of Kufa accepted Wilayat after Medina and it was
adorned with Ameerul Momineen (a.s.).
·
Wilayat was offered to the mountains. Three mountains
accepted before others – aqeeq, firoza and yaqoot. It is for this reason that
the possess fazilat over other stones.
·
Wilayat was accepted by the mines of gold and silver
after the acceptance of aqeeq, firoza and yaqoot.
·
All those mountains which did not accept the Wilayat,
there is not a thing which grows on them.
·
Wilayat was offered to the waters. All those which were
accepted became tasty and those which did not accept became bitter and salty.
·
Wilayat was offered to all the plants, all those which
accepted became sweet and tasty and those which did not accept became bitter.
·
Wilayat was offered to the birds. All those which
accepted chirp in a beautiful and eloquent voice and those who did not accept
stammer.
Reference – Extract
from the book Asraar e Ghadeer by Mohammed Baqir Ansari Zanjani, page 242
Hence we pray that all the followers of
Wilayat may celebrate “Eid-ul-Akbar” (great Eid) in the great manner and get
the Tawfiq of propagating Wilayat as a gift on Eid-Day.
Let us each renew our pledge to
Imam-e-Zamana (a.t.f.s.) by saying
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حُجَّةَ اللٌّهِ عَلى خَلْقِهِ and pray to Almighty Allah to hasten
the re-appearance of his (s.w.t.)’s last
Hujjat (a.t.f.s.) and include us among his loyal servants.
[1] Ambergris - a wax-like substance that is used in perfume manufacture and originates
as a secretion in the intestines of the whales.
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