The premise averring the necessity of Imam in every age and...

The premise averring the necessity of Imam in every age and condition invalidates this assertion. Another group claims the Imamate of someone whose infallibility is not certain, an assertion invalidated on the grounds of our proofs with regard to the necessity of certainty about the infallibility of the Imam. Observation testifies to the contrary of the contention of others who maintain the infallibility of their professed imams.

Because the actions of these imams are apparent and their conditions violate infallibility, hence no need to take the burden of disproving a belief the contrary of which is so very evident.

Entities for whom infallibility has been claimed and certain congregations have followed them, such as the Kaisaniyya who maintain the imamate of Muhammad Ibne Hanafiyyah, the Nawisiyya who profess the imamate of Ja’far Ibne Muhammad and that he has not died, and the Waqifa who believe that Musa Ibne Ja’far has not died-these beliefs are invalid for the reasons we will shortly state.

Thus, both pathways depend on the invalidation of the beliefs of these denominations in order for our purpose to be established. Likewise, the three principles-the necessity of the presence of an Imam, necessity of certainty of his infallibility, and that truth is exclusive to this Ummah-which we mentioned, must be established for this argument to stand.

We will elaborate on each one of these premises in a brief manner, since their detail exists in our book on Imamate to an extent that can hardly be expanded further, whereas the purpose of this book is exclusive to the topic of occultation and no more. Allah is the One Who we seek success from for this with purpose. Proof for Supreme religious leadership The proof for the necessity of leadership is that it is a favor and a principle that rationality testifies to its necessary validity.

It is like knowing that God exists, a principle every mukallaf must be availed to. Don’t you see that it is evident that when a fallible group of people are without an awe-inspiring and venerable leader, who would stop the enemy, reprimand the criminal, seize the hand of the counterfeiter, and defend the weakling against the strong, mischief occurs, deceptions spread, debauchery increases and propriety becomes a rarity?

And when they have a leader with these qualities the situation becomes the opposite, with integrity expanding and encompassing, mischief becoming uncommon and rare?