Sometimes this happens by way of greed and sometimes by way of threats...

Sometimes this happens by way of greed and sometimes by way of threats, whereby the captive of this world is deviated from the straight path. Imam must be above the possibilities of gifts of this world and not to be a captive to it. He must be free from any chains or bonds of the material world, from all whims and lusts, from any ambition, from wealth and position so that he cannot be deceived and influenced and he then surrender and compromise because of these desires.

Ethical or Moral Attractions The Holy Qur’an says about the Holy Prophet: “It is part of the Mercy of God that you deal gently with them. Were you to be severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee.” (3:159) Not only the Holy Prophet, but the Imam and any leader of society are in need of goodness so that the people are magnetized towards him.

Without doubt, any kind of harshness and evil intentions towards the people for the Prophet and Imam is a great defect and they are free from any such defect, otherwise, many of the philosophies of existence would not be fulfilled. These are the most important conditions which the great Ulama have mentioned for the Imam to have. Of course, in addition to these five qualifies mentioned above, there are other qualities in the Imam, as well, but we have just mentioned the most basic ones.

Think and Answer Why is the station of leadership of the highest station of a human being? Why do the Prophet of Islam and other prophets who brought a divine law have the station of leadership or imamate? If the Imam is not immaculate, what problem will arise? What is all abundance of knowledge necessary for the Imam to have? For what reason must the Imam be brave, austere and the most pure from the point of view of attracting the ethics of the people? Previous…