Wadi Rabigh

For a discussion on the incident at Ghadeer Khumm, see Hadith of Ghadeer Khum

For a discussion on Eid-e-Ghadeer, see Eid al-Ghadeer

See also: Wikisource:The Last Sermon of Muhammad

Wadi Rabigh is a wadi situated inland of the town of Rabigh, extending along the border of the Al Madinah and Makkah provinces of Saudi Arabia.

A natural lake near Haggag, some 35 km inland, fringed with reeds Phragmites and fed by several permanent freshwater springs provides a natural wetland unique on the Tihamah north of Jiddah.

Ghadir Al-Khumm

Ghadir Al-Khumm location at present,Johfa

Mosque at Johfa

Ghadir Al-Khumm (Arabic غدیر الخم "Pond of Khumm", Persianized Ghadir(-e) Khum, or Khom) is a location in the Wadi Rabigh mentioned in the Hadith of the pond of Khumm.

It was a pond or marsh formed by a spring in the wadi, located to the east of the road from Medina to Mecca, three (according to other sources two) Arab miles (roughly 4 to 6 km) from Al-Johfa (modern Rabigh), roughly 180 km from both Mecca and Medina, at ca. 22°49′30″N 39°4′30″E. The Arab geographers mention the thick trees that surround it and the Mosque of the Prophet lying between it and the spring.

It was situated on the Incense Route between Syria and Yemen where travelers could replenish their resources of water in the most arid part of Arabia between Mecca and Medina.

It is historically famous for an event, in which Muhammad said, what is known as the Hadith of the pond of Khumm, equally accepted by both Sunni and Shia Muslims, though the exact content and meaning of the statement is disputed. Muhammad is reported to have pronounced Ali ibn Abi Talib the mawla (patron, master) of those for whom Muhammad was patron. Shia Muslims celebrate this announcement each year as Eid al-Ghadeer.

See also

• Succession to Muhammad
• Hadith of the pond of Khumm
• Eid al-Ghadeer

References

• E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, s.v. "Ghadir al-Khumm", p. 135 f.[1]

External links

• Wadi Rabigh springs BirdLife IBA Factsheet
• Rabigh city rabigh city website
• The Ghadir Declaration The Ghadir Declaration by Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri
• خطابه غدیر
• Ghadir Khumm
• The Sermon of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) in Ghadir Khum
• Ghadir Khumm - Interesting Aspects of a Unique Event
• What Happened at Ghadeer Khumm
• خطابه غدیر (Arabic)
• The event of Ghadeer Khum in Quran, Sunnah & History (Sunni perspective)
• Map of Ghadeer showing distance from Mecca, almost halfway between Medina and Mecca
• Complete Sermon at Ghadir Khumm in English Version
• Ghadir, the Greatest Eid of All Religions
• The Event of Ghadir Khumm in the Qur'an, Hadith, History
• http://www.utm.thaqalayn.org/files/ghadeer.pdf
• "Al-Muraja'at: A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue". http://www.najaf.org/english/book/12/.  (letters 55-58)
• Ghadir Khumm
• Event of Ghadir Khumm