\n Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad Ibn Ali from...

\n Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad Ibn Ali from abu Basir who has said that he asked (the following) from Imam Abu Al-Hassan -asws : \n “May I be sacrificed for you, what proof is needed to determine who is a (Divine) Imam -asws ?” He -asws said, \u2018Through several Qualities; \n The first one is that his -asws father -asws must have introduced him -asws (to others).

And that when asked he would answer and if one remain silent he would begin to speak on the issue and inform of the things that would happen the next day(s) (Ilm-ul-Ghaib) and he can speak to people in their own languages.” \n Then he -asws said to me, “O Abu Muhammad, allow me to give you an example before you stand up to go. A man from Khurasan came in. The man from Khurasan spoke to the Imam -asws in Arabic but Abu Al-Hassan -asws answered him in Persian.

The man from Khurasan said, “I swear by Allah -azwj , “May Allah -azwj Take my soul in service for your -asws cause, the only thing that stopped me from speaking to you -asws in Persian was I thought you -asws might not know Persian.” \n The Imam -asws then said, “Glory belongs to Allah -azwj , If I -asws am unable to answer you (in Persian) then how would I -asws have any excellence over you?” \n The Imam -asws said to me, “O Abu Muhammad, “No one\u2019s language is unknown to the Imam -asws nor the language of birds, animals and any living things.

Whoever does not have these qualities, he is not an Imam -asws .