Infallibility of Imams: Difference between revisions

The Imam's infallibility and the evidence for it are among the major Quranic and theological issues. According to [[Twelver Shias]], [[infallibility]] is a requirement and attribute of [[Imamate]], and the infallibility of the Shiite Imams (a) is one of their fundamental beliefs. [['Allama al-Majlisi]] states that the Imamiyya have consensus over the infallibility of the Imams (a) from all [[Grave Sins|major]] and minor sins, whether intentional or unintentional, and from any errors or mistakes. It is said that [[Ismailis]] also require infallibility for Imamate. In contrast, [[Sunni Muslims]] do not require infallibility for Imamate, as they have consensus that the [[first three caliphs]] were Imams without being infallible. Instead of infallibility, they require [[Justice (fiqh)|justice]]. However, Sibt b. al-Jawzi, a Sunni scholar of the seventh century AH, accepts the infallibility of the Imams. [[Wahhabis]] reject the infallibility of the Shiite Imams (a), restricting it to [[prophets (a)]]. As [[Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili]] reports, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. Mattawayh, a Mu'tazilite theologian of the fifth century AH, while not requiring infallibility for Imamate, believed in the infallibility of [[Ali (a)]] and attributed this view to the [[Mu'tazila|Mu'tazilite school]].