

Imamate (Divinely Appointed Leadership) is a very high position, and it is only Allah who can decide who is qualified for it. And if the Prophet Muhammad (S) announced to the people that the Twelve Imams are the leaders, or that the Ahlul Bayt are the people that we must refer to, or in that Imam Ali is his successor, it was only because he was asked...
...But then, he became the object of Divine trials - not for having committed any sin...
Twenty Traditions from Imam Sajjad (as)
When he finished his prayer, he would stand in place, face the qibla, and say:
Beware! Surely this world is a place from which protection cannot be sought except wh...