People cannot select an Imam for themselves
Previous | Index | Next The following narration is a very lengthy one reported on the authority of Sa’d Ibn Abdillah al-Ash’ari al-Qummi (r.a.) in which he has asked several questions from our master the twelfth Imam, al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s.). One of these was as follows: قُلْتُ فَاَخْبِرْنِي يَا مَوْلَايَ عَنِ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي تَمْنَعُ الْقَوْمَ مِنِ…