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Ghadir Khumm
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Ghadir Khumm (Persian/Arabic: غدیر خم) or Ghadir(-e) Khur or Khu' is a location in Saudi Arabia between Mecca and Medina.
It is historically famous for an event in which Muhammad said what is known as the Hadith of the pond of Khumm, equally accepted by both Sunni and Shia Muslims, though the exact content and meaning of the statement is disputed.
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Ghadir Khumm (literally Pond of Khumm) is the name of the site that lies between the holy Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina where the event transpired. It is a place on the trade route between Syria and Yemen where travelers could replenish their resources of water in the most arid part of Arabia between Mecca and Medina.
Main Article: Hadith of the pond of Khumm
On the 18th of Dhul-Hijjah, 10 AH (roughly 15 March, 632 C.E.), the caravan of Muhammad coming from his Farwell hajj stopped at the pond of Khumm, along with a group of Muslims returning to Medina from Hajj. Muhammad was returning from his last Hajj from the city of Mecca. Here he delivered a sermon, the content of which is a matter of much dispute; Sunni Muslims consider it to be a defense of Ali by Muhammad in the face of unjust criticism while Shia Muslims to be a designation of Ali's leadership of the Muslim community.
Shia Muslims celebrate this anniversary each year.