Hadith 379
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As for the believers in the Imamate of Ja’far bin Ali [Ja’far Kazzab] after his brother, their belief is wrong, because an Imam has to be infallible and beyond errors and he has to be the most knowledgeable of all of the Ummah in the rulings. However, indisputably Ja’far was not infallible. The actions manifested by him, which contradict the notion of his infallibility, are more than to be enumerated and we will not prolong the book by chronicling them here. Should a need arise in the future we shall mention some of them. As for his knowledgeability, he did not have any. How can he be an Imam then? Besides the followers of this creed have perished, and to Allah is all praise and gratitude.
وأما القائلون بإمامة جعفر بن علي بعد أخيه عليه السلام، فقولهم باطل بما دللنا عليه من أنه يجب أن يكون الإمام معصوما لا يجوز عليه الخطأ، وأنه يجب أن يكون أعلم الأمة بالأحكام. وجعفر لم يكن معصوما بلا خلاف، وما ظهر من أفعاله التي تنافي العصمة أكثر من أن يحصى، لا نطول بذكرها الكتاب، وإن عرض فيما بعد ما يقتضي ذكر بعضها ذكرناه. وأما كونه عالما فإنه كان خاليا منه، فكيف تثبت إمامته على أن القائلين بهذه المقالة قد انقرضوا أيضا ولله الحمد والمنة.
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