[27] وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ {2432:} And We Made Imams from them, guiding by Our Command, due to their being patient, and they were certain of Our Signs [32:24] حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ الْأَئِمَّةُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِمَامَانِ إِمَامٌ عَدْلٌ وَ إِمَامٌ جَوْرٌ- قَالَ اللَّهُ «وَ جَعَلْنا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا» Hameed bin Ziyad told us, he said: Muhammad ibn al-Husayn told us about Muhammad ibn Yahya from Talah bin Zaid Imam Jafar Bin Muhammad -asws refers to his -asws father -asws that he -asws said Allah -azwj refers to Just -asws and unjust Imams in His -azwj Book and for Just Imam , Allah -azwj Says: “We made of them Imams to guide by Our command”.
[28] وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ {9} And establish the weight with the fairness and do not be deficient regarding the Scale [55:9] وَ أَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ قَالَ أَقِيمُوا الْإِمَامَ الْعَدْل On the explanation of the above Verse: And keep up the balance with equity ” Imam -asws says: establish (deeds) with the Imam Al-Aadil -asws (Just Imam).
[29] APPENDIX V: Historical Facts on Jummah Salat: We brief present finding of independent historian and researches on development of early Shiism. An Extract from The Divine Guide in Early Shiism. [30] As far as “applicable branches” are concerned, transactions (mu’amalat) in Imamite law are with very few exceptions identical to those in Sunni schools of law.
[31] Problems become thornier when we get into the field of duties regarding worship (‘ibadat) and precepts (ahkam); here, even in Imamism, scholars have long debated certain points. Let us begin with duties regarding worship, divided into prayer (both individual and collective), fasting, the religious “taxes,” pilgrimage, jihad (in the sense of “holy war”), and ordering what is good and forbidding what is evil.
From what can be gleaned from the notes of Aqa Bozorg al-Tihraru in his al-Dharia, a colossal collection of Shiite works, fierce debates were waged on the practice of two of these, collective prayer and holy war . In essence, what characterizes these two is their need for a “leader” or a “guide” to be practiced appropriately.