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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith Finding The True Mahdi: He Is The Twelfth Of A Sinless Dynasty (Part 2) =========================================================================== Imamah is from Allah, and He bestows it only to those descendants of Ibrahim, ‘alaihi al-salam , who never commit wrongdoing. Sin, of course, is a form of wrongdoing, as explained by Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d.

606 H): قوله تعالى} :لا ينال عهدي الظالمين {فكل من أقدم على الذنب كان ظالما لنفسه لقوله تعالى} :فمنهم ظالم لنفسه{ His Statement {My Covenant shall not reach the wrongdoers}: So, whosoever commits a sin, he is a wrongdoer to himself due to His, the Most High’s Statement: {And of them are those who wrong themselves} [35:32][^1] This is confirmed by the Book of Allah too: ومن يتعد حدود الله فأولئك هم الظالمون And whosoever transgresses the set limits of Allah, then such are the wrongdoers .[^2] Therefore, Allah grants His Covenant of Imamah to those among the offspring of Ibrahim who never commit sin, to the absolute exclusion of all else.

This process shall continue interrupted till the Hour. Imamah is also a “kingdom”. Therefore, on account of their khilafah , Ibrahim and his offspring were kings too, appointed by Allah: فقد آتينا آل إبراهيم الكتاب والحكمة وآتيناهم ملكا عظيما We have granted the Book and the Hikmah to the family of Ibrahim , and We gave them A GREAT KINGDOM .[^3] Shaykh al-Kulayni (d.

329 H) reports this authentic riwayah about the verse: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن عمر بن أذينة، عن بريد العجلي عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام في قول الله تبارك وتعالى} :فقد آتينا آل إبراهيم الكتاب والحكمة وآتيناهم ملكا عظيما {قال: جعل منهم الرسل والأنبياء والأئمة فكيف يقرون في آل إبراهيم عليه السلام وينكرونه في آل محمد صلى الله عليه وآله؟ !قال: قلت} :وآتيناهم ملكا عظيما{؟ قال: الملك العظيم أن جعل فيهم أئمة، من أطاعهم أطاع الله، ومن عصاهم عصى الله، فهو الملك العظيم. ‘Ali b.

Ibrahim – his father – Muhammad b. Abi ‘Umayr – ‘Umar b. Uzaynah – Burayd al-‘Ijli: Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, said concerning the Statement of Allah the Most Blessed the Most High {We have granted the Book and the Hikmah to the family of Ibrahim, and We gave them a great kingdom}: “ He appointed messengers, prophets and Imams from them .

So, how can they accept concerning the family of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, while denying it in the case of the family of Muhammad?!” I said: { and We gave them a great kingdom }?