his mawlā. O Allah, show enmity to whoever shows enmity to him and befriend whoever befriends him.’

Aḥmad ⦗1⦘ likewise transmitted it through Ghundar, from Shuʿbah, from Maymūn Abū ʿAbd Allah, from Zayd ibn Arqam.

A number of transmitters also narrated it from Zayd ibn Arqam, among them: Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī, Ḥabīb al-Isāf, ʿAṭiyyah al-ʿAwfī, Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Shāmī, and Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah.

Maʿrūf ibn Kharrabūdh likewise related it from Abū al-Ṭufayl, from Ḥudhayfah ibn Usayd, who said:

When the Messenger of Allah returned from the Farewell Pilgrimage, he forbade his Companions to camp around a cluster of closely spaced trees in al-Baṭḥāʾ. He then went to them, prayed beneath them, and stood to address the people, saying:

‘O people, the All-Subtle, the All-Aware has informed me that no prophet lives longer than half the lifespan of the prophet before him. I believe my summons is near, and I shall answer it. I will be questioned and you will be questioned; so what will you say?’

They replied, ‘We testify that you have conveyed, advised, and striven; may Allah reward you with the best.’

He said, ‘Do you not testify that there is no deity but Allah, that Muhammad is His servant and messenger; that His Garden is true, His Fire is true; that death is true; that the Hour will surely come, without doubt; and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves?’

They answered, ‘Indeed, we testify to that.’ He said, ‘O Allah, bear witness.’

Then he said, ‘O people, Allah is my mawlā and I am the mawlā of the believers; I have a greater claim over them than they have over themselves. For whomever I am the mawlā, this man is his mawlā. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and show enmity to whoever shows enmity toward him.’

He then said, ‘O people, I am your forerunner ⦗2⦘ and you will come to me at the Basin (ḥawḍ)—a Basin broader than the distance between Busra and Ṣanʿāʾ—upon which are vessels as numerous as the stars, goblets of silver. I shall question you when you arrive concerning the two weighty trusts, so see how you treat them after me. The greater weighty trust is the Book of Allah: one end is in Allah’s hand and the other in your hands; hold fast to it, do not stray and do not change. The other is my family ⦗3⦘, the people of my house; the All-Subtle, the All-Aware has informed me that the two shall never separate until they return to me at the Basin.’

Ibn ʿAsākir ⦗4⦘ narrated the report in full through Maʿrūf’s chain, as mentioned.

ʿAbd al-Razzāq ⦗5⦘ said: Maʿmar related to us, from ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Judʿān, from ʿAdī ibn Thābit, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, who said:

We set out with the Messenger of Allah until we halted at Ghadīr Khumm. He dispatched a herald to call the people. When we had gathered he said, ‘Do I not have a greater claim over you than you have over yourselves?’ We replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Do I not have a greater claim over you than your mothers?’ We replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Do I not have a greater claim over you than your fathers?’ We replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ He kept saying, ‘Am I not? Am I not? Am I not?’ and we kept replying, ‘Yes, indeed, O Messenger of Allah.’ He then declared, ‘For whomever I am the mawlā, ʿAlī is his mawlā. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and show enmity to whoever shows enmity toward him.’ ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb then said, ‘Congratulations, son of Abī Ṭālib—today you have become the guardian of every believer!’ Ibn Mājah ⦗6⦘ recorded it likewise.