Re: BASE OF ALL CONFLICTS, WHAT IS REALITY?
THE DECLARATION ON THE BANK OF GADEER‑I‑KHUM
At the bank of this lake the pilgrim travellers stopped and Rasulullaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) is supposed to have made a declaration, "whose moula I am, his moula is Ali". In Arabic "Moula" means 'friend'. Rasulullaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "whose friend I am, his friend is Ali. Oh Allaah! Keep friendship with that person who keeps friendship with Ali and be enemy to him, who keeps enmity with Ali". What actually happened here was that a person quarreled with Hadhrat Ali (radhiyAllaahu anhu). Rasulullaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) therefore explained to him and in order to teach everyone else by way of a lesson, said, "whose friend I am, his friend is Ali." This had no bearing at all with the caliphate or the administration or the government. The Jews turned this into a basis of falsehood and said that Rasulullaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had declared Hadhrat Ali (radhiyAllaahu anhu) as his successor at 'Gadeer‑I‑Khum' and had said, "See, Ali is my caliph" and keeping hand on his shoulder, said "Whose moula I am, his moula is Ali ". The Shias worked extremely hard on this and to prove the meaning of this hadeeth which they rephrased and wrote books propagating that this contains the declaration of caliphate.
It is to be re‑iterated with sorrow that the Shiah youth as well as the common public of the Shiah sect remember their history so well that they repeat it all the time and it is always on their tongues, whereas the Sunni public is totally unaware of their back ground even though it contains the truth.
Sadly, even the elders who are asked about these incidents, do not remember. The result is that whenever a Shiah person narrates this fabricated incident, the people run towards the Masjids to inform what they have heard. It is the duty of our youth to take interest in these religious matters and to keep in mind the basic historic information? There should not be so much ignorance about these incidents . The result of such ignorance is that whenever an opponent attacks, so many people are deprived of belief and faith and they join a deviated community.