Is the Yamani Infallible?
With regards to the limits of the
Firstly: “its prohibited for any
or existing them from the truth,
Yamani character, it has been
Muslim to turn away from him. So
meaning that he is infallible whose
narrated in a narration from Al-
whoever does so then he is from
the people of hell”:
infallibility has been mentioned. And
Baqir (pbuh):
“And there is no banner that is
more guiding than the banner of
the Yamani, it is the banner of
guidance, for he calls to your
And this means that the Yamani is
Companion. So if the Yamani comes
out, it becomes prohibited for all
people and every Muslim to sell
weapons, and if the Yamani comes
out, rise up to him, for his banner is
people such that their turning away
the banner of guidance, and its
prohibited for any Muslim to turn
away from him. So whoever does so
then he is from the people of hell,
for he calls to the truth and to The
an owner of the Divine Wilayah
(Divine Authority), for there is not a
person who is a proof upon the
from him enters them into Hell
while they pray and fast, except if he
was from among the Successors of
Allah on His Earth, and they are the
owners of the Divine Wilayah
(Divine Authority) from among the
Prophets and the Messengers and
Imams and the Mahdis.
Secondly: “for he calls to the
by this meaning there becomes a
benefit for this restriction or
limitation in determining the
character of The Yamani. As for [the
person] presuming any other
meaning for these words “he calls
to the truth and to The Straight
Way” verily [by doing that] he
would be making their (pbut) words
useless, so there would be no
restriction nor limit to the
character of the Yamani, far be that
from them (pbut).
And the conclusion of what was
presented in the first and the
truth and to The Straight Way .”:
second points is that: the Yamani is a
proof (Hujja) from the proofs
Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim A’Noamani:
And calling towards the truth and
(Hujjaj) of Allah on His Earth, and is
p. 264].
towards The Straight Way, or The
an Infallible whose infallibility has
Straight Path, means that this
been mentioned.
Straight Way” [Al-Ghayba:
And in it:
person does not make mistakes
entering the people into falsehood
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