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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shi'ah Are (the Real) Ahl Al-sunnah Chapter 13 :oppressive Rulers Appointed the Imams of "ahl Al-sunnah" What proves that the Imams of the four "Sunni" sects, too, acted in contradiction to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger who commanded them to follow the Purified Progeny, is that we could not find even one person among them who obeyed such a command, boarded their ship, and came to know who the Imam of his time was.
Abu Hanifah al-Nu`man, was a student of Imam al-Sadiq. He is famous for having said: Lawla al sanatan, la halaka al-Nu`man, that is, "Had it not been for those couple of years [during which he was a student of the Imam, as], al-Nu`man would have perished." Yet we find him inventing a sect based on analogy and the derivation of one's own opinion in opposition to the available clear ahadith.
Malik, who also learned from Imam al-Sadiq, is quoted saying, "No eyes have ever seen, nor ears have ever heard, nor anyone was ever impressed by anyone more acquainted with jurisprudence, or more learned, than Ja`far al-Sadiq." Yet we find him, too, inventing an Islamic sect of his own, abandoning the Imam of his time for whom he testifies as being the most knowledgeable and the best informed of all people of his time with regard to jurisprudence.
The fact is that the Abbasides who held the reins of authority propped him up and called him "Imam Dar al-Hijra," hence he became thereafter the man of influence and authority, the man whose word wielded a great deal of influence on people. Al-Shafi`i, who is accused of being a follower of , has said the following lines of poetry in their praise: O Household of Allah's Messenger!
Loving you is an obligation Which Allah has enforced in His Honored Revelation; Suffices you a great honor if one sends no prayer unto you all, It will be as though he did not say his prayers at all. And the following verses lauding them are also attributed to him: When I saw people being carried away to the seas Of misguidance and ignorance by their creeds, I boarded, in the Name of Allah, the Ark of Salvation: The Household of the Prophet, the Seal of Revelation.
And I upheld Allah's Rope: them shall I obey and hope, That I obey the One Who commanded us to uphold His Rope. He is also famous for having said these lines: If one loving Muhammad's family Is rebuked and called a Rafidi, Then O jinns and mankind: Testify That: Yes! A Rafidi am I!