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 | | There is consensus amongst the Imamiyyah (the Ithna ‘Ashari or Ja‘fari shia) that whoever denies the Imamah of anyone of the Imams, and denies the duty of obedience to them that Allah has decreed, that such a person is a kafir, misguided, and that he deserves everlasting torment in Hell. |
 | | Imamah is a universal grace (lutf ‘amm) while Nubuwwah is a special grace (lutf khass), because it is possible that a specific period in time can be void of a living Nabi, while the same is not true for the Imam. |
 | | The utter lack of harmony between this form of leadership and Shiite Imamah is nowhere more clearly brought to light than in the authentically narrated saying of Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq which points at the corruption of the text of the QURAN at the hands of the SAHAABAH {radiyallahu ‘anhum} as the reason for the disparity. |
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