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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Principles of Faith (Usul al-Din) The Twelve Imams (as) What has preceded are concise proofs on the issue of divine leadership in the righteous school of thought.

The Shi’ahs believe that the divine leaders of the Muslims after the Prophet (S) are the Twelve Infallible Imams (as) and that the Prophet (S) specified them as: First: Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib, Commander of the Faithful [ Amir al-Mu’minin ] (as) Second: Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, the Oldest Grandson [ al-Sibt al-Akbar ] (as) Third: Al-Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, Master of the Martyrs [ Sayyid al-Shuhada’ ] (as) Fourth: Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn, Beauty of the Worshippers [ Zayn al-’Abidin ] (as) Fifth: Al-Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, the Splitter of Knowledge [ al-Baqir ] (as) Sixth: Al-Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad, the Truthful [ al-Sadiq ] (as) Seventh: Al-Imam Musa ibn Ja’far, the Controller of anger [ al-Kadhim ] (as) Eighth: Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Musa, the Content [ al-Rida ] (as) Ninth: Al-Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, the Generous [al-Jawad] (as) Tenth: Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Muhammad, the guide [al-Hadi] (as) Eleventh: Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, the Soldier [al-’Askari] (as) Twelfth: Al-Imam al-Hujjat ibn al-Hasan al-’Askari, the Rightly Guided, the Awaited [al-Mahdi al-Mawud] (as) Previous proofs on the divine leadership of the Commander of the Faithful ‘Ali (as) are sufficient.

However, a separate discussion on the proofs of the divine leadership of each one of the Imams (as) is necessary regarding his knowledge, acceptance of the prayer and the stipulation of the previous divine leader [ Imam ]. The objective of this chapter is to state the glad tidings in the Prophetic traditions about the Twelve Imams (as) in Sunni sources, which have been transmitted with the title of ‘Twelve Khalifas’ and ‘Twelve Amirs’.

Below are some of them: It has come in Sahih al-Bukhari : It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that he said: I heard the Prophet (S) saying: There will be Twelve Commanders. He says that he (S) then said something I did not hear, so my father told me that he said that they will all be from Quraysh.[^1] It has come in Sahih Muslim : It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that he said: I entered the presence of the Prophet (S) with my father.

I heard him (S) saying: Surely this command will not end until there will be Twelve [Khalifah ]. He says that he then said something quietly, so I asked my father: What did he (S) say?