Ghadir Khumm
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Ghadīr Khumm (Arabic : غدیر خم) is the name of a pond[1] located in Khumm on the road from Mecca to Medina. In this place, on Dhu l-Hijja 18,10 (March 19, 632), the Prophet (s) announced Imam 'Ali (a) as his successor. This event is known as the event of Ghadir.
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Geographical Location
Ghadir Khumm is located 4 km away from Juhfa. Juhfa is approximately 64 km to the north of Mecca and is one of the five Miqats for pilgrims performing Hajj.[2] Due to the water supply and the shade of a few trees, Ghadir Khumm was a stopping place for caravans.[3]
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- Ibn Khallikān, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad. Wafayāt al-Aʿyān. Edited by Iḥsān ʿAbbās. Qom: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 1364 Sh.
- Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukrim. Lisān al-ʿArab. Beirut: Dār al-Ṣādir, n.d.
- Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Muʿjam al-Buldān. Second edtion. Beirut: Dār al-Ṣādir, 1995.
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| Poets | Hassan b. Thabit • Qays b. Sa'd b. 'Ubada • Kumayt b. Zayd • Al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Himyari • Di'bil b. 'Ali al-Khuza'i • Al-Harith b. Sa'id b. Hamdan • Al-Sharif al-Radi • Al-Sharif al-Murtada • Sa'id b. Hibat Allah al-Rawandi • 'Ali b. 'Isa al-Irbili • Al-Husayn b. 'Abd al-Samad al-Harithi • Muhammad Thaqafi Tihrani | |
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