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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Questions On Titles Hujat Ull Islam (proof of Islam) And what is required to prove something? Some people try to prove it with academic arguments, some have even tried it by military force, and the Prophets (a.s.) even used miracles for their proofs. So, when a person call himself a proof of Islam, then it follows that he is referring to his character, his whole personality, so that when a person looks at him, then Islam is proven.

By looking at him, at his blessed face, listening to his speech, his actions, and his character, the truth of Islam would dawn upon the people. There would be no need to provide any intellectual arguments or proofs. If you were to now use your common sense a little bit you will realise the gravity of the situation when someone uses this title for himself, as the whole of the building of religion would be based on this foundation and would eventually collapse if the claim turns out to be false.

According to Shiite beliefs, Allah (s.w.t.) gave a complete religion with no deficiencies, through a trustworthy angel to an Infallible Prophet and Infallible Imams. The proof of an infallible religion can only be through an infallible. If a normal person were to be regarded as proof of Islam then all his deficiencies will have to be regarded as the deficiencies of Islam, and in this way the whole religion would become unreliable.

The person who is accepted as the proof of Islam would therefore be one who is above any mistakes or disagreements. QUESTIONS Do any of these Hujjat Ul Islams claim to be infallible? If not, then how can their incomplete persons be the proof of our complete religion? Ayatollah (Sign Of Allah (S.W.T.)) These have sprung up only recently, in the last hundred years or so. Beforehand, most of them used to be referred to as Sheykhs.

And so I referred to the Book of Allah (s.w.t.) and saw fifty six Divine Verses referring to the Ayatullahs. Well, obviously I cannot use all of them here, for the sake of brevity, but I cannot use only a couple either as that would not do justice to the argument. Therefore I have decided to use as few of them as I could.