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 Ali al-Ridha (as)
I stand witness that there is no god except Allah, He is One and there is no partner ...
The religion which can fulfill the needs of mankind must have the following qualities...
...Imam al-‘Askari pointed at one of the monks and ordered the soldiers to take whate...