And sometimes it is taken away and thus he will not know...

And sometimes it is taken away and thus he will not know (what he needs not know). Sheikh Sadooq said, “The Imam is born. He also has children. He gets ill and he gets cured. He eats and drinks. He urinates and defecates. He gets married. He sleeps. He forgets and he makes mistakes.[^5] He gets happy and sad. He laughs and cries. He lives and then dies. He is buried and the people go to visit his shrine. He is resurrected and questioned. He is rewarded and honored. He intercedes.

There are two important signs for him: his knowledge and the fulfillment of his prayers. He has heard the news that he gives about the events in the future from his grandfathers from the Prophet of God (a.s.). The Prophet of God (a.s.) has heard them from Gabriel. Gabriel has heard them from the Almighty God. All the eleven Imams after the Prophet (S) were martyred. Some were martyred by the sword - that is the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) and Al-Husayn (a.s.).

The rest of them were poisoned by the disobedient rulers of their time. The martyrdom of the Imams has been a real issue - not the way the boasters and those who believe in turning over the authority believe[^6] - May God's Curse Be on Them. They say, ‘In fact, they were not killed.[^7] The people thought they were. However, Sheikh Sadooq says, ‘They are liars. May God's Wrath Be upon Them.

There are no cases of the Prophets and the Imams in which the people just thought they were killed, but they were not; except for Jesus (a.s.) - the son of (the Blessed Lady) Mary (a.s.) since Jesus (a.s.) was taken up alive from the Earth. His spirit was taken away in between the heavens and the Earth. Then he was taken up to the heavens where his spirit was returned to him. The followings Words of the Almighty God refer to this, ‘ Behold! God said, O Jesus!

I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme.’ [^8] The Almighty God also expressed what Jesus (a.s.) will say on the Resurrection Day as follows, ‘ ... And I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them.