منهم مثل موسى و عيسى ع هل يجوز مع وفور عقلهما و كمال علمهما...

منهم مثل موسى و عيسى ع هل يجوز مع وفور عقلهما و كمال علمهما إذا هما بالاختيار أن يقع خيرتهما على المنافق و هما يظنان أنه مؤمن قلت لا فقال هذا موسى كليم الله مع وفور عقله و كمال علمه و نزول الوحي عليه اختار من أعيان قومه و وجوه عسكره لميقات ربه سبعين رجلا ممن لا يشك في إيمانهم و إخلاصهم فوقعت خيرته على المنافقين قال الله تعالى وَ اخْتارَ مُوسى‏ قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِمِيقاتِنا إلى قوله لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ فلما وجدنا اختيار من قد اصطفاه الله للنبوة واقعا على الأفسد دون الأصلح و هو يظن أنه الأصلح دون الأفسد علمنا أن لا اختيار إلا لمن يعلم ما تخفي الصدور Imam -asws Ali Reza -asws said (as a part of a long Hadith), even when High Rank Prophets -as , i.e., Musa -as and Isa -as selected people, they could not select pious and hypocrites were among their -as selection.

I said, of course this was the case. Imam -asws said: Look, Prophet Musa -as , who has (the title of) Friend of Allah -azwj , when he -as selected seventy pious people (from his -as nation) for the ‘al-Miqad’, surely, he -as had not an element of doubt in their Eman and sincerity, but all of them turned out to be hypocrites.

That is why Allah -azwj Says: And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for Our appointment (7:155) but these hypocrites said instead : we will not believe in you until we see Allah manifestly (2:55), as a result : so the lightning overtook them on account of their injustice.(4:153) So when we see that the selection of those, who were awarded the Prophet-hood by Allah -azwj , turned out to be wrong while they were full of confidence that they have picked up the righteous ones.

Therefore, if a Mursil [64] Prophet -as could not recognise the pious ones with whom he had spent several years, how can a shia in search of a pious guide will ever find one (his Mujtahid)? Thus its on Him -azwj Who is aware of what is hidden in the hearts, to Appoint a Guide -asws /Leader -asws /Imam -asws .

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