Divinely appointed imams

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As Salam o Alykum brothers hope u guys are fine !

Brother i have a Question to ask i have heard that zaydis believe that four Imams Imam Ali Hassan Hussain and imam Sajjad (May peace b upon all of them) were divinely appointed by ALLAH is that true ??

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wa alaykum as salaam wa rahma!

According to the Zaidis, the appointment of Imams Ali, al-Hasan, and al-Hussein (upon all of them be peace) was explicitly designated by revelation. For examples, the hadith of Ghadir in regards to Ali and the hadith ((The two of them are imams-whether sitting or standing)) in regards to al-Hasan and al-Hussein. However, there are no hadiths as such that explicit designate the imams after al-Hussein (as).

Those imams after al-Hussein (as)--due to the absence of explicit texts that designate them as imams--only establishes their imamate based upon the stipulations mentioned in our books of aqeeda. (e.g. a descendant of Ali and Fatima, just, etc) Please refer to our translation "The Precious Necklace."

Although, we hold Imam as-Sajjad (as) as a great imam of knowledge, he is not considered an Imam as Ali, al-Hasan, and al-Hussein (as) because he did not manifest his imamate and publicly call others to follow him.

And Allah knows best!

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