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From: mmdh@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Mamdouh Maher)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Farewell Sermon
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.140351.29014@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 19 Jun 91 14:03:51 GMT
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Assalamu `alaykum,

In article <1991Jun14.221905.13059@nntp-server.caltech.edu> jnawaz@skat.usc.edu (Jemshed Nawaz) writes:
>
>Was that the whole Khutba..... for example, a friend of mine told me
>that our Prophet(SAAW) mentioned that Hadrat Ali was the Wali of Allah
>in the Farewell Speech.... could someone please confirm.

  `Ali Ibn Abi Talib was not mentioned in the Kutbah either by
name or by reference. Those who say he was designated as a 'wali'
say that the Messenger (PBUH) said so on the way back from Hajj
that year (At lease that is the opinion of Dawudi Buhras, I am not
aware of other opinions.) The majority of Muslims, however, find no
hadith to that effect.
 
Assalamu `alaykum,

Mamdouh Maher