Agha e Khomeini has quoted in his book Islamic Government...

Agha e Khomeini has quoted in his book Islamic Government and the Rule of the Jurist: "The fuqahâ are the trustees of the prophets ('a) means that all of the tasks entrusted to the prophets ('a) must also be fulfilled by the just fuqahâ as a matter of duty" He then goes further and uses another Hadeeth in this manner.

AL KAFI - VOL 7 (ARABIC VERSION) The Commander of the Faithful ('a) said to Shurayh: "The seat [of judge] you are occupying is filled by someone who is a prophet ('a), the legatee of a prophet, or else a sinful wretch." He then uses this Hadeeth to prove his claim and says: Considering the fact that the fuqahâ do not have the rank of prophethood, and they are indubitably not "wretched sinners," we conclude that, in the light of the tradition quoted above, they must be the legatees or successors of the Most Noble Messenger (s).

Have you noticed his proof? This involves very strange logic. Even if I were to accept this logic, then why restrict this to only Jurists? By this proof whosoever is not "wretched sinners," would end up being a trustee of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.). Incredible!

This thinking goes even further when they use this Hadeeth for themselves: MUSTADRAK AL WASAAIL - VOL 17 H 21468 Allamah Hilli in his writing quotes: 'The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said that the scholars of my Ummah are like the prophets of the Israelites'. MY! My! My! The Prophets of the Israelites include the Prophets Musa (a.s.) and Isa (a.s.). There is no limit to a person's aspirations now is there? So which scholars is this Hadeeth referring to? The priests or the Holy Infallibles (a.s.)?

The following Hadeeth has answered this question. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Muhtadi from 'Abd Allah ibn Jundab to who Imam al-Rida, recipient of divine supreme covenant, wrote the following: "Thereafter (after thanking Allah I must say), Muhammad, recipient of divine supreme covenant, was the trustee of Allah in the matters of His creatures. When he was taken away from this world, we, , inherited him; thus, we are the trustees of Allah over His earth.

QUESTIONS When will all these priests realise that they are not knowledgeable, but are only seekers of knowledge? When was the last time you heard from the mouth of a priest the words 'I don't know'? Why do they concentrate mainly on Fiqh and not on Hadeeth? Previous…