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64 IMAM MUST BE INNOCENT
WE BELIEVE that an Imam should be free ofguilt or SIN. As a matter of fact
one who is not innocent, can not be trusted to teach the realities of the LAW
and the tenets of a divine Religion. It is for his innocence that we hold an
Imam's word or deed as a religious proof.
74 IMAM IS THE GUARDIAN OF THE LAW
WE BELIEVE that an Imam has to know all aboutthe roots and branches, and
the commandments of Islam. He has to know the full meanings and the EXEGESIS of
QURN, and that he takes his knowledge from the prophet or the preveious Imam;
and it is such a knowledge which is trustworthy among our people.( THE SHIITE )
84 IMAM MUST BE APPOINTED OPENLY AND CLEARLYBY
THE PROPHET
WE BELIEVE that Imam who is the successor ofthe prophet must be clearly and
openly appointed by
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