The Mahdi Times September 2012 | Page 41

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 ***