The Beliefs of the Shi'ites Regarding Prophethood

• Attack On Khatm-e-Nabuwwah:

  It is a basic belief of every muslim that there is no-one who shares the stage, status and sifaat (attributes) of the nubuwwah of the Rasool of Allah, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. The shia believe that the twelwe imams enjoy the same status of Allah's Rasool, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. i.e., that they are sent by Allah and are masoom (sinless); they have the same status as the Rasools who recieve revelation and a Kitaab (book); they have full authority regarding halad and haram; in the same way that those who reject the Nabi and and their Shariah are non-believers, in the same manner, those who do not accept their imaams are also kafirs (non-believers).___[Usol-e-Kafi, Kitabul Hujjah, page 225, vol.1]. Imam Jafar states: "I take that shariah that Ali has brought. The things that he prohibits I say away from. He has attained the same excellence and eminence was attained by the subsequent eleven imaams, one after the other." (Ma'aadhallah).

• Allah says in Surah Baqarah (26):

"Certainly Allah does not disdain from giving a parable of a gnat or something larger."

Allamah Ali ibn Ibrahim explains that by the word "gnat" Allah refers to Ameerul Mumineen (Ali) and by the words "or something larger" He means the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). (AI-Qummi: 19)

• Sheikh Tusi and Nu'mani both narrate from the 8th Imam, Rida, that the sign of Imam Mahdi's appearance will be that he will appear naked in daylight. An announcer will announce that here is the Ameerul Mumineen himself who has reappeared. Mullah Muhammad Baqir Majlisi says that the first disciple to take pledge at the hands of the nude Mahdi will be Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) himself. (Haqqul Yaqeen: 2:337)

• The leader of the Iranian revolution, Imam Khomeini writes:

'Every prophet came to establish justice on Earth. His aim was also to establish justice but he was not successful. The same is the position of the Seal of the Prophets who came to reform human society and establish justice but failed during his lifetime.' (Ittihad wa-yak-jihati:15)

• Mullah Fathullah Kashani, a reliable Shi'ite scholar writes about Mut'ah:

The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: 'Whoever performs mut'ah once will receive the status of Hussain. Who ever performs mut'ah twice will receive the status of Hasan. Whoever performs mut'ah thrice will receive the status of Ali and who ever performs mut'ah four times will receive my status. (Tafseer Manhajul Sadiqeen: 1:356)

[Mu'tah is to marry someone for a short period of time (temporary marriage). In this marriage, the woman does not hold the status of a wife. Mut'ah is permissible and virtuous in Shi'ite law but forbidden and sinful in Sunni law.]

• Imam Khomeini writes in his book 'A1Hukumatul Islamiyah' (52):

'It is a necessary principle of our faith that our Imams have ranks that exceed those of close angels and the appointed messengers.'