Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār · Volume 1 · Section 64 · 4 narrations
O son of Allah’s Messenger, then what is the meaning of an Infallible? He said: It is he who adheres to the Rope of Allah, and the Rope of Allah is the Qur’an; they do not separate until the Day of Resurrection. The Imam…
Read the full narration →I said to Hisham bin Hakam: What is the meaning of your saying: «The Imam is not but Infallible»? He said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about that, to which he said. The Infallible is the one who refrains,…
Read the full narration →I asked him one day about an Imam: Is he Infallible? He said: Yes. Then I said: Then I said: Then what is the characteristic of Infallibility in him? And by what thing is he recognized? Then he said: Indeed, all sins…
Read the full narration →Interpret and act. In that lies permissibility of acting with contradictions and of relying on the truth and its opposite. Since that is impossible upon Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, it is necessary for there to be…
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