Audio Translations of Ghadir Sermon to Be Released
According to Mizab news agency, the center is affiliated to the Intellectual and Cultural Affairs Section of the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Ali’s (AS) holy shrine.
The project is being implemented in cooperation with the Libraries Section of the Astan aiming to introduce the sermon in different languages through the media.
Hassanain Imad Shaba’, director of the public relations office of the center, said that the sermon has been recorded in English, French, German, Turkish, Urdu and Persian.
He added that the translations will be aired on the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir by the radio and the satellite channels of the Astan.
Ghadir Sermon is a sermon delivered by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) where he introduced Ali (AS) as the Wali (guardian) of Muslims. The prophet (PBUH) delivered this sermon on Dhul-Hijjah 18 of 10 A.H./ March 19, 632) on the return from Hajjat al-Wida' [Hajj of Farewell] in a place called Ghadir Khumm.
Many Shia and Sunni scholars have narrated this sermon.
