And that does not happen except when the knowledge of the...

And that does not happen except when the knowledge of the scholar is inspiration or revelation. 1 Fatir: 28. From here, the knowledge of the prophets and their trustees of authority should be inspiration to protect them and their nations from committing errors. Allah, the Exalted, has revealed one law, not many laws, one commandment for every matter, not many commandments. And He appointed one guide for nations in every time, not many guides.

But, today, for every nation, there are many laws, not one law; many legislators, not one legislator. We find many commandments for every matter, not one commandment . In every time, there are many guides not one guide. They oppose each other, hate each other, accuse each other of unbelief, and deny each other. This is not what the greatest reformer, Allah’s Apostle (may Allah bless him and his family), has brought and wanted for his nation.

Then, there is no wonder when intellect judges that it is incumbent on Allah, the Exalted, to appoint, in every time, the most knowledgeable one to lead people to the law as it has been revealed and teach them the commandments as they have revealed. That is not appropriate for anyone but ‘Ali and his sons. These are their scientific sayings. Then read them to find guidance through their light.

If we had no tradition except the following traditions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family,:” I am the city of knowledge and ‘Ali is its gate.”’[1] “I am going to leave among you the thaqalayn (the two weighty and most valuable things): the Book of Allah and my family, the members of my House.”[2] they would be enough for ahl al Bayt to be the most knowledgeable ones in the Islamic Law and the Book because they learned knowledge from its origin and took it from its spring.

And if they learned their knowledge through acquisition, then the Prophet would not have made them the scholars of the Book forever. And what distinguished them from men if they had shared the same degree of knowledge with them. What attracts attention is that people always need their knowledge. Whenever people refer to them for a certain matter they get its answer quickly while ahl al Bayt never needed the knowledge of people.

We do not want you to feel this truth with the reports only but also with acts, because acts are very important for you to understand the reality. Now consider carefully the knowledge of ahl al Bayt through these acts: Imam al- Jawâd became Imam while he was seven years of age.