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Question No. 3399 2 November 2023 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

What is the animation “After Me” about the Event of Ghadir?

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The animation “After Me” depicts the Event of Ghadir by examining historical and scholarly evidence. It also refers to the Cursed Document, an agreement said to have been made by some Companions before Ghadir to prevent the caliphate from passing to Imam Ali (AS). The animation also mentions a report from the Prophet (PBUH) about the people behind the document and his Ahl al-Bayt.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

A creatively produced work of animation about the hidden and visible dimensions of the Event of Ghadir. It makes a striking and beautiful reference to the Accursed Scroll, or the Ill-Omened Scroll: an agreement made by some of the Prophet’s Companions (PBUH) opposing the succession of Imam Ali (AS) to the caliphate. Before the Event of Ghadir, a group of Companions pledged among themselves that they would not allow the caliphate to pass to the Prophet’s family (PBUH). They intended to kill the Messenger of God at the mountain pass of Harsha. After the Event of Ghadir, they also met in Medina and reaffirmed their pledge; this gathering has been called the Second Accursed Scroll. In the Ghadir sermon, the Prophet (PBUH) described the authors of the Scroll as people of the Fire and disavowed them.

... معاشر الناس سیکون من بعدی أئمه یدعون إلى النار و یوم القیامه لا ینصرون معاشر الناس إن الله و أنا بریئان منهم معاشر الناس إنهم و أنصارهم و أشیاعهم و أتباعهم «3» فی الدرک الأسفل من النار و لبئس مثوى المتکبرین ألا إنهم أصحاب الصحیفه فلینظر أحدکم فی صحیفته قال فذهب «4» على الناس‏...

... فقال أصحابه الذین ارتدوا بعده- قد قال محمد فی مسجد الخیف ما قال- و قال هاهنا ما قال- و إن رجع إلى المدینه یأخذنا بالبیعه له فاجتمعوا أربعه عشر نفرا- و تآمروا على قتل رسول الله ص و قعدوا فی العقبه، و هی عقبه هرشى [أرشى‏] بین الجحفه و الأبواء، فقعدوا سبعه عن یمین العقبه و سبعه عن یسارها لینفروا ناقه رسول الله ص فلما جن اللیل- تقدم رسول الله ص فی تلک اللیله العسکر- فأقبل ینعس على ناقته، فلما دنا من العقبه ناداه جبرئیل یا محمد إن فلانا و فلانا [و فلانا] قد قعدوا لک، فنظر رسول الله ص فقال من هذا خلفی- فقال حذیفه الیمانی أنا یا رسول الله حذیفه بن الیمان، قال سمعت ما سمعت قال بلى قال فاکتم، ثم دنا رسول الله ص منهم فناداهم بأسمائهم، فلما سمعوا نداء رسول الله ص فروا و دخلوا فی غمار الناس‏
Tafsir al-Qummi, vol. 1, p. 174

Part of the animation also refers to this account of Ghadir. What is interesting is that its narrator is Umar ibn al-Khattab!!!

Kifayat al-Athar: Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Manda, from Harun ibn Musa, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Mansur al-Hashimi, from his uncle Isa ibn Ahmad, from Abu Thabit al-Madani, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Hazim, from Hisham ibn Sa‘id, from Isa ibn Abd Allah ibn Malik, from Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: I heard the Messenger of God (PBUH) say:

«يا أیها الناس إنی فرط لکم و إنکم واردون علی الحوض حوضا أعرض مما بین صنعاء و بصرى- «2» فیه قدحان عدد النجوم من فضه و إنی سائلکم حین تردون علی عن الثقلین فانظروا کیف تخلفونی فیهما السبب الأکبر کتاب الله طرفه بید الله و طرفه بأیدیکم فاستمسکوا به و لا تبدلوا و عترتی أهل بیتی فإنه قد نبأنی اللطیف الخبیر أنهما لن یفترقا حتى یردا علی الحوض فقلت یا رسول الله من عترتک قال أهل بیتی من ولد علی و فاطمه و الحسن و الحسین و تسعه من صلب الحسین أئمه أبرار هم عترتی من لحمی و دمی»

Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut edition), vol. 36, p. 317

, [08.07.23 16:43]

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