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...
The Shi‘a agree that the Ahlul Bayt, because of their high status of being alongside ...
His Supplication in Yearning to Ask Forgiveness from God.
By Allah, if your hearts melt down thoroughly and your eyes shed tears of blood eithe...
Twenty traditions from Imam Ali al-Ridha (as)