

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...
In order to clarify the answer to the above question, we must study certain arguments...
When our 9th Imam, Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (A) was a young man, king Ma'mun had arrang...
The purpose of this word (guardianship) in legal and religious term is to keep or tra...
In verse 105 of Surat Hud, we read: On the day when it shall come, no soul shall spea...