Imam is the Successor of the Holy Prophet in Expounding of...

Imam is the Successor of the Holy Prophet in Expounding of Religion What is most important in connection with the question of Imamat is the question as to who succeeded the Holy Prophet for the purpose of explaining and expounding religion. There is no doubt that it was the Holy Prophet alone who received revelation which was totally discontinued with his passing away.

Now the question is who after the Holy Prophet was responsible for expounding celestial teachings which admitted no personal opinion or private judgement. Did this responsibility devolve on any one particular individual to whom all queries could be referred as they were referred to the Holy Prophet, whose answers were always perfectly right and about whom it could not be suspected that he would…