With the completion of the prophetic mission of Prophet Muhammad (S), the seal of the prophets, the last and the most
perfect divine religion was conveyed to humanity and thus prophet hood came to an end.
The religion of Islam emerged in Mecca and after twenty three years of arduous efforts made by the Messenger Allah (S) and a handful of his loyal companions it had spread all over the Arabian Peninsula.
The continuation of this divine mission, after prophet hood was a task that ALLAH the glorious entrusted publicly on the eighteenth Dhul Hijja, to Ali (a.s.), the commander of the faithful and the first personality after the Holy Prophet (S) in the world of Islam.
With the proclamation of Hazrat Ali’s guardianship and succession on this day, divine blessings were completed and the religion of Islam was perfected, being announced as the only religion chosen by Allah. That was how the unbelievers and pagans were stopped from destroying Islam.
Soon after the demise of the Messenger of Allah (S), some of the companions of the Holy Prophet (S) based on their pre hatched conspiracies, brought deviation in the course of guidance and leadership. They closed the gate of the city of knowledge, putting Muslims in a state of confusion.
From the very beginning of their rule, they placed the truths of Islam, that were like the shining sun behind the dark clouds of doubt and skepticism, by putting a ban on recording prophetic narrations, spreading fabricated narrations, casting doubts and using hypocrisy and deception.
Obviously, in spite of all conspiracies hatched by the enemies of Islam, the truths of Islam and noble sayings of the Messenger of Allah (S) were spread by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (a.s.), his successors and a few of his devout companions and those truths kept flowing and manifesting themselves in one way or the other in the course of history.
By explaining the truths, they did away with the doubts, hesitation, illusions and unfounded beliefs inculcated by the enemies of Islam, making the truth clear to all.
In this respect, great scholars and men of knowledge such as Sheikh Mufid, Sayyid Murtadha, Khaja Nasir, Allamah Hilli, Qadhi Nurullah, Mir Hamid Husain, Sayyid Sharafuddin, Allamah Amini etc. are like shining stars for they are the ones who defended Islamic facts, explained the realities of the school of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) and dealt with false arguments using their tongues and pens.
In our era, one of the of the scholars and researchers who has, with his eloquent pen and expressive writings, explained the facts of the religion of Islam and astutely defended the leadership and wilayah (guardianship) of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (a.s.) is Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Milani.
The Islamic Truths Center is proud to embark on reviving the fruitful and precious works of that great researcher by reviewing, translating and publishing them in a bid to make them available to students, scientific figures and those who are in search for Islamic truths.
The book in your hand is a translation of one of his works, intended to acquaint the English audience with Islamic truths.
It is expected that this humble effort will earn the pleasure of the Remnant of Allah, the Imam of Time [the twelfth Shiite Imam] may Allah hasten his reappearance.
Source:
Ghadir as Narrated by Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) [p. 2].
Author: Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani.
