Muḥammad’s Farewell Pilgrimage - 2024 ACF Nationals

Question

Shī‘ites argue that Muḥammad made ‘Alī his successor at this event, when Muḥammad called him the mawla of “whoever had me as their mawla” at Ghadīr Khumm (“gah-DEER KOOM”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this event in which Muḥammad said that jāhilīyyah (“JAH-hill-LEE-yah”) blood feuds will go unavenged and that “you have rights over your women, and your women have rights over you” at Mount Arafat.

ANSWER: Muḥammad’s Farewell Pilgrimage [or Farewell Ḥājj, or Ḥijjat al-Widā‘ (“HIJ-jaht ell-wih-DAH”); accept descriptions of Muḥammad’s last pilgrimage or last Ḥājj, or last visit to Mecca; accept Farewell Sermon or Khutbat al-Widā‘ (“KUT-baht ell-wih-DAH”)]

[10h] Arabic term required. One argument for ‘Alī’s succession is based on his status as one of the Ahl al-Kisā’ (“AH-hull el-kih-SEH”), or “People of the Cloak,” at this event, in which the Christians of Najrān backed out of a prayer duel.

ANSWER: Mubāhala Event [prompt on mutual cursing]

[10e] The denial of this woman’s inheritance of Fadak influenced Shī‘ite inheritance laws and arguments for ‘Alī’s succession. This wife of ‘Alī and daughter of Muḥammad is also one of the Ahl al-Kisā’.

ANSWER: Fāṭima [or Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; or Fāṭima al-Zaḥrā’]

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2024 ACF Nationals	2024-04-21	Y	19	10.53	100%	5%	0%

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Arizona State	Chicago A	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Waterloo	0	10	10
Ottawa	Brown	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins	Duke	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Florida	0	10	10
Harvard	Chicago B	0	10	10
Illinois	Chicago C	0	10	10
Iowa State	Indiana	0	10	10
Berkeley B	Kentucky	0	10	10
Minnesota A	McGill	0	10	10
WUSTL A	Minnesota B	0	10	10
Toronto B	North Carolina B	10	10	20
Yale B	Northwestern	0	10	10
Purdue	Stanford	0	10	10
NYU	Rutgers	0	10	10
Penn	Vanderbilt	0	10	10
Toronto A	Virginia	0	10	10
WUSTL B	Texas	0	10	10
Yale A	South Carolina	0	10	10