And not in the generations of Hassan -asws ?

And not in the generations of Hassan -asws ?\u201d \n The Imam -asws said: \u201cAllah -azwj , the Mighty and Sublime Wanted to show the Sunnah of Musa \u2011as and Harun -as in Hassan -asws and Hussain -asws .

Have you not seen that they shared prophethood like Hassan -asws and Hussain -asws shared Imamat, and Allah -azwj , the Mighty and Sublime Placed prophethood in the progeny of Harun -as and not in the progeny of Musa -as , even though Musa -as was superior to Harun -as ?\u201d \n I asked : \u201c Would there be two Imams at the same time ?\u201d He -asws replied: \u201cNo, except that one of them may be silent and under the command of the other.

And the other will be the speaking Imam -asws for his counterpart. But as to whether there can be two speaking Imams at the same time? No.

\u201c \n I asked : \u201cWould Imamat be inherited between two brothers after Hassan -asws and Hussain \u2011asws ?\u201d He -asws said: \u201cNo, it will continue in the progeny of Hussain -asws like Allah -azwj , the Mighty and Sublime has said: \n \u0648\u064e \u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0647\u0627 \u0643\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0628\u0627\u0642\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0639\u064e\u0642\u0650\u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650 \n \u201c\u2019And he made it a word to continue in his posterity (43:28) .\u2019 \n \u062b\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e \u0647\u0650\u064a\u064e \u062c\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0629\u064c \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0648\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064e\u0629\u0650 \n \u201cThus, Imamat will continue in his -asws progeny generation after generation till the Judgment Day.\u201d [9] \n Here, the Hadith clearly says there will not be two Imams -asws in command at the same time; if there were then one of them would be a silent one.

Hence, Ismail Ibn Jafar -asws died during the lifetime of Imam Sadiq -asws , just as Prophet Musa -as \u2018s successor Harun -as died during the lifetime of Prophet Musa -as , so the prophethood was transferred to the children of Harun -as , but after the death of Prophet Musa -as .