Allah has said...

Allah has said, "Surely Allah chose Adam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham and the Descendants of Imran above the nations" (Holy Qur'an, 3:33).

The Imams whom Allah selected to conclude His Messages with that of Muhammad are the Imams of guidance from the Prophet's Progeny, and they have all descended from Abraham, one progeny descending from another, and they are the ones to whom he referred when he said, "The caliphs after me are twelve: all of them are from Quraysh."[^120] For every age and time there is an imam, so "Whoever dies without knowing who the Imam of his time is dies the death of jahiliyya," as another tradition says.

When Allah, Glory and Praise are due to Him, chooses an Imam, He purifies him and protects him against sinning or erring and…