[68:40] أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ...

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘It was narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Hatim, well known as Al Kirmany, from Abu Al Abbas Ahmad Bin Isa al Waha’a Al Bahdady, from Ahmad Bin Tahir Al Qummi, from Muhammad Bin Bahr Bin Sahl Al Shaybani, from Ahmad Bin Masrour, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah Al Qummi, ‘In a lengthy Hadeeth from Al-Qaim -asws – he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So inform me, O my Master -asws , about the reason which forbids the people from choosing an Imam for themselves?’ He -asws said: ‘The righteous or corrupt one?’ I said, ‘Righteous’.

قال: «فهل يجوز أن تقع خيرتهم على المفسد بعد أن لا يعلم أحد ما يخطر ببال غيره من صلاح أو فساد؟» قلت: بلى He -asws said: ‘So is it allowed that their choice could occur upon the corrupt one after the fact that it is not known for anyone what is in the mind of others, from righteousness or corruption?’ I said, ‘Yes’.

قال: «فهي العلة أوردها لك برهانا- و في رواية اخرى: أيدتها لك ببرهان- يثق به عقلك، أخبرني عن الرسل الذين اصطفاهم الله تعالى، و أنزل الكتب عليهم و أيدهم بالوحي و العصمة، إذ هم أعلام الأمم، و أهدى إلى الاختيار منهم، مثل موسى و عيسى (عليهما السلام) هل يجوز مع وفور عقلهما و كمال علمهما إذا هما بالاختيار أن تقع خيرتهما على المنافق و هما يظنان أنه مؤمن؟» قلت: لا He -asws said: ‘So it is the reason I -asws am citing to you as a proof (which your intellect can rely with it).

Inform me -asws about the Rasools -as whom Allah -azwj the Exalted Chose, and Revealed the Book unto them -as , and Aided them with the Revelation and the infallibility, when they -as were the flags of the community, and more guided to the choosing than them, like Musa -as and Isa -as , would it be allowable with the sharpness of their -as intellects and the perfection of their -as knowledge, when they -asws are with the choosing, would their choice occur upon the hypocrite, and they -asws are both thinking that he is a Momin?’ I said, ‘No’.