Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a): Difference between revisions

According to Shi'a teaching, it is obligatory that God positions an Imam. This belief results from two principles; Rational Good and Badness and the Principle of Grace. This is why the Imam, who has the duty to lead the worldly and religious lives of the human beings, must be chosen by God. At the era when the infallible and chosen Imam is not present in the community, the duty is put on the shoulders of the scholars whom have the conditions for this position to represent him. Leading the human race, according to the Shi'a, is a divine covenant and command, therefore, authority should be established from God, the Prophet, and the infallible successors who have been chosen by God.