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very far from the thinking of the aware, wise personality of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
his family, the like of which people have never seen in awareness and understanding the realities
of affairs.
I (the author) think that if a person is free from tribalism, imitation, reflects on the reality
accurately and deeply, he will come to know that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family,
took great care of succession and regarded it on top of the important affairs.
3.If we carefully consider the events happened during the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and his family, we will conclude that he appointed the pioneer and gave proofs of the leader
who would undertake the cultural and political leadership after him, and that he definitely
adopted and prepared this matter, that he might keep the future of his mission, protect its
achievements from collapse and disappearance.
The great Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, chose Imam ‘Ali, the Commander of the
faithful, peace be on him, to undertake the general and timely authorities; we will give proofs of
that. This choice was not because of preference and love for relationship. For that is very far from
the thinking of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, for he yielded to nothing except
the truth, justice, and the interests of his community. Rather, the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and his family, appointed Imam ‘Ali, peace be on him, over this important office because he had
unique abilities, noble tendencies, and abundant power to undertake the huge responsibilities.
Imam ‘Ali was nearest of all the people to Allah’s Apostle, the greatest of them in understanding
and awareness of his objectives and principles, the most similar of them to him in clinging to the
true Islam. He accompanied the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, when young. The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, supplied him with his knowledge, and he, peace be
on him, has expressed that, saying:
Certainly, you know my position of close kinship and special relationship with the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and his family. When I was only a child, he took charge of me. He used to press me
to his chest and lay me beside him in his bed, bring his body close to mine and make me smell his
smell. He used to chew something and then feed me with it. He found no lie in my speaking, nor
weakness in any act…. I used to follow him like a young camel following in the footprints of its
mother. Every day he would show me in the form of a banner some of his high traits and
commanded me to follow it. Every year he used to go in seclusion to the hill of Hira, where I saw
him but no one else saw him. In those days Islam did not exist in any house except that of the
Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family, and Khadija, while I was the third after these
two. I used to see and watch the effulgence of divine revelation and message, and breathed the
scent of Prophethood.
Imam ‘Ali, peace be on him, spent a great part of his life with the Prophet, may Allah bless him
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