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During the early centuries of Islamic history, the day of Ghadir Khum was well known and accepted as an auspicious occasion, and there are many indications that all Muslims participated in celebrating it. Ibn Khallikan describes the 18th Zil Hijja as the day of Ghadir Khum (1:60) and Masudi in al-Tanbih wa al-Ishraf (p. 31) mentions the night of the same day as the night of the festival of Ghadir Khum. Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, the famous Iranian scholar of the 5th century, includes the festival of Ghadir Khum among the festivals that the Muslim celebrated in his time (al-Athar al-Baqiyah, p. 334). The Shaf'i scholar Ibn Talhah writes, "The day of Ghadir Khum is a festive day and an historic occasion, for it was then that the Prophet clearly and explicitly nominated Ali as Imam and leader of the Muslims after him (cf. al-Ghadir, 1:267). Over the course of the next century, this popular practice in Egypt was adopted as court ceremony. The Eid al-Ghadir was celebrated regularly during the period of Imam al-Aziz and Imam al-Hakim. Musabbihi (d. 420/1029) reports that the people gathered at the Azhar along with the Koran reciters (qurra), jurists (fuqaha) and singers (munshidun). They stayed for the noon prayer and then went to the palace, where portions (ja'iza) were distributed. In 415/1025, the people of Cairo followed their custom on the day of Ghadir al-Khum, put on fine clothes, and the munshidun went to the palace to offer invocations and poetry. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali is an popular Ismaili Scholar, He has written many surveys on religion of Islam and Ismailism such as Eid Al-Adha, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Ghadir.
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