

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...
O God, Thou hast tried us with distrust in our provisions and the expectation of long...
One day a man came to the Imam (A) and begged him to give him according to the extent...
Exalted is Allah Whom heights of daring cannot approach and fineness of intelligence ...
Twenty traditions from Imam Ali al-Ridha (as)