As mentioned in some traditional reports...

As mentioned in some traditional reports, the Imam of the Time (aj) is superior to all the Imams after Amirul Momineen (as) and Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (as) as mentioned by Sayyid Bahrani in Ghayatul Maram in chapter twenty-three quoting from Nomani through his own chain of narrators from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) from his forefathers that the Messenger of Allah (S) said: Allah chose Friday from among all the days, the month of Ramadan from among all the months, Shab-e-Qadr from among all the nights and from the people He chose the prophets, and from the prophets, He chose the messengers and from the messengers He chose me and He chose Ali from me and from him He chose Hasan and Husain and from Husain He chose the successors so that they may keep away the false interpretation of Qur’an and attention of the ignorants and the ninth of them is their hidden and apparent and he is their superior most.[^4] Also supporting this point is the import of the statement of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) quoted in Biharul Anwar: The Imam was asked: Has the Qaim taken birth?

He replied: No, and if I live upto his time I will spend all my life in his service. In the chapter of the Letter ‘N’, in the traditional report of Abbad bin Muhammad Madaini it is mentioned that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: “I prayed for the effulgence of Aale Muhammad and the foremost of them…” And this matter will also be emphasized in the merits of weeping in separation of Imam az-Zaman (aj).

If it is said: This contradicts that which is mentioned in the 9th volume of Biharul Anwar where it is narrated from Zaid Shahaam that he said: I asked Abi Abdullah Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as): Who is superior, Hasan or Husain? He replied: Indeed, the excellences of the former of us reach to the excellence of the latters of us and the excellence of the lasts of us reaches to the excellence of the formers of us and each has an excellence.

I asked: May I be sacrificed on you, please reply to me in more detail. By Allah, I have not asked except to learn from you. He replied: We are from a tree, the Almighty Allah created us from a single essence. Our excellence and knowledge is from the Almighty Allah and we are the trustees of Allah on His creatures and those who call the people to His religion, the veils or veil bearers between Him and His creatures. O Zaid, shall I enlarge upon it further?

He replied: Yes, He said: Our creation is one, knowledge one, excellence one and all of us are one for Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.