We declare that the evidence and argument on the believers...

We declare that the evidence and argument on the believers after the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), the manager of the Muslims' affairs, the spokesman of the Quran, and the knowledgeable of its rulings is his brother, successor, and trustee whose relation to him is as same as Aaron's relation to Moses; Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him).

He is the commander of the faithful believers, the imam of the God-fearing, the leader of the white-forheaded honorables, the drone (head) of the believers, and the best of the successors of the prophets. After him come Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein (peace be upon them) successively up to now.

They are the Prophet's progeny, the most knowledgeable with the Book (of God) and the Sunna, the fairest in issues, the most favorable for leadership in every time, the firmest handle, the imams of right guidance, and the argument against people of this world until God seizes the earth and those living in it. He is surely the best of the seizers. We believe that anyone who opposes them (the Imams) is deviant, misleading, and deserter of the right and the guidance.

They (the Imams) are the interpreters of the Quran and the spokespersons of the Prophet with directness. He whoever dies before he acknowledges and follows them by names is regarded as one of those who died before Islam.

Piety, chastity, honesty, goodness, diligence, keeping the deposit of the pious and the sinful, lengthy prostration (to God), night worship, avoidance of the forbidden acts, expectation of the Relief by means of patience, good companionship, good neighborhood, doing favors limitlessly, abstinence from injury, and treating the believers with happy mien, advice, and mercy - all these are among the features of the Imams' religion.

The ritual ablution -as God instructed in His Book- is washing the face and the hands and passing water over the head and the feet. To do each action one time is the obligatory, and to do each action twice is recommendable. Any addition is a rewardless sin. Invalidators of the ablution are fart, urination, excretion, sleep, and ceremonial impurity. Anyone who passes water over the slippers (in the ritual ablution) is opposing God, His messenger, and His Book.

Besides, his ablution will be invalid.