Al-Ghadir is the place where the Muslims had stopped was at Ghadir Khumm. The Prophet then delivered a sermon and appointed Imam Ali, peace be upon him, as his successor.
This text provides a brief study on the origins of Shi’ism and how the ideology of Wilayah came to existence, and the theological-juridical implications for the Islamic political thought in relation to the Wilayah of Imam Ali (AS).
Ghadir
A Study on the Question of Al-Wilaya
By: As-Shahid Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Translated by Dr P Haseltine)
WiIaya of Imam Ali and its Theological-Juridical Implications for the Islamic Political Thought
Orientalists and the Event of Ghadir Khumm
By: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
The Theological Aspects of Ghadir
By: Husein Khimjee
Published by: Ansariyan Publications - Qum
First Edition: 1416 - 1996
