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==Laylat al-Qadr and Imams== | ==Laylat al-Qadr and Imams== | ||
There are hadiths in Shi'a sources that presented the night of Qadr and Surat al-Qadr as evidence for existence of an Imam in every time. According to these hadiths, angels were sent down to the Prophet (s) on that night and because the Qadr night is not only for the Prophet's (s) time, every year they will be sent down on his successors, [[Infallible]] [[Imams]] who are the nearest and most similar people to him (s). Here are two of these hadiths: | There are hadiths in Shi'a sources that presented the night of Qadr and Surat al-Qadr as evidence for existence of an Imam in every time. According to these hadiths, angels were sent down to the Prophet (s) on that night and because the Qadr night is not only for the Prophet's (s) time, every year they will be sent down on his successors, [[Infallible]] [[Imams]] (a) who are the nearest and most similar people to him (s). Here are two of these hadiths: | ||
[[Ibn 'Abbas]] narrated: [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] said, "There is a Qadr night in every year, in which the affairs of the year will sent down. There are guardians for those affairs after the Prophet (s)." Ibn 'Abbas asked, "Who are they?" Imam said "I and eleven of my descendants, the [[Muhaddath]] (the one to whom the angels speak) Imams." | |||
[[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] said, "O, community of Shi'a! Argue with your opponents by Surat al-Qadr, so that you succeed. By God! It (Surat al-Qadr) is about the Proof of God (Hujjat Allah) on people after the Prophet (s) and it (Surat al-Qadr) is the master of your religion and the extend of our knowledge." | [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] said, "O, community of Shi'a! Argue with your opponents by Surat al-Qadr, so that you succeed. By God! It (Surat al-Qadr) is about the Proof of God (Hujjat Allah) on people after the Prophet (s) and it (Surat al-Qadr) is the master of your religion and the extend of our knowledge." | ||
In other words the summary of the argument will be as following: | In other words the summary of the argument will be as following: | ||
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# Laylat al-Qadr is not only for the Prophet's (s) time, | # Laylat al-Qadr is not only for the Prophet's (s) time, | ||
# There must a person with the same characteristics of the Prophet (s), to whom the angels would be sent down on the Night of Qadr, | # There must a person with the same characteristics of the Prophet (s), to whom the angels would be sent down on the Night of Qadr, | ||
# According to hadiths, this person is an infallible Imam who succeeds the Prophet (s); | # According to hadiths, this person is an infallible Imam (a) who succeeds the Prophet (s); | ||
So there must be an existent infallible Imam in every time to whom the angels would descent, and presently - according to reliable hadiths - he is no one except for Imam al-Mahdi (a), the last infallible Imam. | So there must be an existent infallible Imam in every time to whom the angels would descent, and presently - according to reliable hadiths - he is no one except for Imam al-Mahdi (a), the last infallible Imam. | ||