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 the light of this reality, the Shi‘as proceeded to investigate the original texts ...
O God, give us water with a watering through which Thou wilt make the stone hills pou...
His Supplication when he Asked God for Well-Being and Thanked Him for it.
Twenty Traditions from Imam Musa al-Kazim (as)