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...
Not only the Holy Prophet (S) and his Companions did this act but also past prophets ...
Our 3rd Imam, Imam Husain (A) was the second son of Imam Ali (A) and Lady Fatima (A)....
Al-Mahdi, the promised one, is from the family of the Prophet and a descendent of Ima...
Interestingly the supporters of the theory of Evolution of Species, as well as those ...