Allah the High says...
Allah the High says, وَلَقَدْ اَخَذَ اللهُ مِيْثَاقَ بَنِى اِسرَائِيلَ وَ بَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمْ اِثْنى عَشَرَ نَقِيْبًا ‘And indeed We took the covenant from the Bani Israel and raised from them twelve chiefs.’ So, O Jaaber, the Imams are twelve.
First of them is Ali Ibn Abi Taalib (a.s.) and the last of them is al-Qaem al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s.).’ Al-Ikhtesaas[^13]: Ibn Abbas narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) declared, “The remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Glorified be He, is worship, my remembrance is worship, the remembrance of Ali is worship and the remembrance of the Imams from his progeny is worship. I swear by the One Who raised me with prophethood and made me the best of creatures!
Surely my successor is the most superior of all the successors. Indeed, he is the…
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