Imamate (Divinely Appointed Leadership) is a very high position, and it is only Allah who can decide who is qualified for it. And if the Prophet Muhammad (S) announced to the people that the Twelve Imams are the leaders, or that the Ahlul Bayt are the people that we must refer to, or in that Imam Ali is his successor, it was only because he was asked...
Twenty Traditions from Imam Hassan al-Askari (as)
According to the Ahl al-Bayt school of thought an Imam is not an ordinary leader who ...
Belief in the intercession of intercessors on the Day of Resurrection with God's perm...
Twenty traditions from Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as)