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Shi‘ites have used this protest as a reliable proof of what they believe in respect with that Ahl al‐
Bayt, peace be on them, were more appropriate for the succession (after the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and his family).
With this point we will end our talk about the foundation of the Shi‘ites. According to these brief
proofs, the Shi‘ism began at the time of the leader of the message (the Prophet), may Allah bless
him and his family, for it was he who planted its seed and made its origins grow.
The Ideological Frame of Shi‘a
The Shi‘ites maintain all the Islamic, ideological fundamentals whether they concern Allah’s
positive and negative attributes or His decree and predetermination or other than that their
theological books have mentioned. They also maintain the Imamate. They believe that it is among
the obligatory fundamentals of the religion. They have stipulated that the Imam should be
infallible and the most knowledgeable of the people of his time. We have objectively mentioned
that in the first part of the book.
As for the legislative side, they take the branches and affairs of the religion from the Imams of Ahl
al‐Bayt. They believe in all the traditions narrated or said by them. The traditions narrated or said
by the Imams are among the four proofs a Shi‘ite jurist use when he gives a religious decision. The
Shi‘ites take their ideological frame in respect with the fundamentals and branches of the religion
from the true Islam and from that which narrated on the authority of the Imams of Ahl al‐Bayt for
whom love has been made obligatory by Allah and whom the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
his family, has regarded as equal to the Holy Qur’an.
Love for Ahl al‐Bayt
Among the Shi‘ite principles is showing sincere love for Ahl al‐Bayt (the members of the House),
peace be on them. They deeply love and follow them as a sign of obedience to Allah, the Exalted,
Who says: Say I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives.[1] Allah, the
Most High, has limited the reward of the message of His great Apostle to the love for his near
relatives. Many traditions narrated on the authority of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his
family, indicating that love for them is a sign of faith and detesting them is a sign of hypocrisy, that
whoever loves them loves Allah and His Apostle, and that whoever [1] Ibid., 42, 23.
detests them detests Allah and His Apostle. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, has
guaranteed that whoever clings to them will never deviate from the way of the truth and
correctness, as it has been mentioned in Hadith al‐Theqelayn. He, may Allah bless him and his
family, has compared them to Noah’s Ark, saying: “The likeness of my family among you is like the
likeness of Noah’s Ark. Whoever embarked it was saved (from drowning); and whoever stayed
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