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...
...But then, he became the object of Divine trials - not for having committed any sin...
The Abbasid Caliph Haroon al-Rashid desired that any one who had seen the Holy Prophe...
His Supplication for himself in Confessing Sins after Finishing the Night Prayer
The Prophethood of the Prophet of Islam was the Seal (khatam) of Prophethood, just as...