The Prophet said on
the Day of Ghadir:
Is not God
superior to the faithful?
Yes! said the
gathering.
He
said:
O Allah! For
whomsoever I am master ‘Ali is his master. O Allah! Be friend his friends and
despise his enemies”.1
1.Al-Musnad,
hadith no. 950 (Ahmad Shakir), Tarikh Al-Bukhary v1 p375