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...
His Supplication when Sick or Visited by Distress or an Affliction.
A person who does not know the Imam of his age is likened to a person who died before...
Praise belongs to God, who created night and day through His strength, set them apart...
From these parts of the Ziyarat it is deduced that not only Allah (J) elected Imam Hu...