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...
Exalted is Allah Whom heights of daring cannot approach and fineness of intelligence ...
His Supplication for himself in Confessing Sins after Finishing the Night Prayer
...But then, he became the object of Divine trials - not for having committed any sin...
In this article we are going to have a brief look at some of the narrations and hadit...