God's supreme wisdom causes Him to bring forth in His...

God's supreme wisdom causes Him to bring forth in His messenger a special charisma, to keep him safe against any abhorrent factors. It is obvious that one's destructive past would drastically decrease one's influence over people. They would protest that they would not follow a man whose past has not been brilliant and flawless.

Attracting people's confidence One of the pre-requisites of education, which has always been the objective of the Prophets and the divine leaders, is for the people to believe in their educator. This is because one's attraction towards an act depends on the originality and authenticity of that act. A hygienic or economic program would attract people if it is approved by a group of experts. This is because the probability of error in a group of scientists is very low.

In the same way the probability of committing errors by our religious leaders would weaken our belief in them and the very objective of prophethood, which is man’s guidance, would never take place.

It might be said that, to attract people's confidence it would suffice the religious leaders not to lie and even go close to this appalling sin, that it is not imperative for them to abstain from other sins because immunity or the lack of it concerning other sins are not related to the issue of people's confidence. This is obviously wrong. How can a person go without telling lies, but can easily engage in homicide, treason and obscene acts?

How can a person abstain from telling lies while he is after the transient lusts and whims of the material world?[^1] We should note that the inhibitor for any person against sins is an internal God-led instinct which secures him against any wrongdoing, then how can an inhibitor exist which works against telling lies but is ineffective with other kinds of crimes and sins? Besides it would be extremely hard for people to distinguish between these two wrong actions.

Furthermore, the commitment of sins causes both hatred on the part of people and their lack of confidence in the speaker; such as the saying[^2] “ أنظر الى ما قالَ ولا تنظر الى من قالَ” Only makes sense for those who can distinguish between a person's personality traits and his statements. This statement requires infallibility to exist in a religious leader both before and after his involvement in such a position.