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" The Holy Prophet (s.a.) has said, "The Imam (a.s.) will never take you out of the gate of guidance and they never make you enter the gate of misguidance." Had the Messenger of Allah remained silent and would not explain anything about his (family) the family of so and so would have advanced their claim for Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority).

However, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has revealed it in His book to confirm the explanantions of His Prophet about (in the following verse), "People of the house, God wants to remove all kinds of uncleanliness from you and to purify you thoroughly.

" (33:33) Ali, Fatima, al-Hassan andlhy (a.s.) were there and the Holy Prophet (s.a.) made them to enter under al-Kisa' (the Cloack) in the house of 'Umm salama and then said, "O Lord, every prophet has a family and a gravity, and these are my family and gravity." 'Umm Salama at this point said, "Am I not of your family?" The Holy Prophet (s.a.) said, "You are in goodness but these are my family and my gravity.

" Whe the Messenger of Allah passed away Ali (a.s.) had the utmost priority and guardianship of the people all because of what the Messenger of Allah had preached about him. It was because of raising him up for the people and holding his hand in his hand. When Ali (a.s.) (was about to) passed away he could not (and would not) enter Muhammad ibn Ali or al-'Abbass ibn Ali or anyone of his other sons in the position of Imamt.

Otherewise, al-Hassan and al-Husayn (a.s.) would have said, "Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has revealed about us jus as He has done so about you, and He has commaned people to obey us just as He has commanded people to obey you. The Messenger of Allah has preached to people about us just as he has done so about you. Allah has removed al-Rijs uncleanliness from us just as He has done so to you.

When Ali (a.s.) left this world, al-Hassan had the utmost priority for Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) because he was the eldest. When was about to die he could not, and would not, enter his sons in the position of Imamat.It is because ;Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, says, ". . . The relatives are closer to each other, according to the Book of God, than the believers and the emigrants. . ." (33:6) He then places Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority) in his sons.

If so, al-Husayn (a.s.) would have said, "Allah has commanded people to obey me just as He has commanded people to obey you and to obey your father.