6-20 Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Zakariya al-Qattan quoted on the authority of Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Tamim ibn Bohlool, “I asked Abdullah ibn Abil Hozayl about Divine Leadership - who deserves it and what its signs are.” He said, “It is the reason for this. He is the Proof for the believers (after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم). He is the manager of the affairs of the Muslims, the spokesman of the Quran, and the knowledgeable one of its rulings. He is the brother of God’s Prophet. He is his Successor over his nation, and his Trustee over them and their Master whose position relative to him is the same as that of Aaron’s position relative to Moses صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. It is obligatory to obey him as the Honorable the Exalted God said,’O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you…’ He is the same one who is described by the Honorable the Exalted as, ‘Your (real) friends are (no less than) God, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).’ He is the same one to whose Mastery the people were invited to which was established for him firmly on the Day of Ghadir Khom by what God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said on the authority of the Honorable the Exalted God, “Is it not that my Mastery over you is more than that of your own mastery over yourselves?” And the people answered, “Yes.” Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “Whoever I am the Master of, Ali is the Master of. O my God! Please be the friend of his friends and be the enemy of his enemies. Assist whoeverassists him, and abandon whoever abandons him. Help whoever helps him. He is Ali ibn Abi Talib صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. He is the Commander of the Faithful, the Divine Leader of the pious ones, the Leader of those with white-foreheads, the Noblest of the Trustees, and the best of the people after God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم.After him come Al-Hassan ibn Ali صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and Al-Hussein صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم - the grandsons of God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, the sons of the best of all women. Then there is Ali ibn Al-Hussein صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, then Muhammad ibn Ali صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, Ali ibn Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, Al-Hassan ibn Ali صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم successively up to now. They are the Prophet’s progeny known by their Trusteeship and Divine Leadership. There is no time or era in which the Earth is left without one of them. They are the Reliable Grip, Leaders towards guidance, Proofs for the people of the Earth until God inherits the Earth with whatever is in it. Anyone who opposes them (the Imams) is deviant, misleading, and a deserter of the right and the guidance. They (the Imams) are the interpreters of the Quran and the spokespersons of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم with directness. Whoever dies before he recognizes them is regarded as one who has died in the Age of Ignorance. The features of their religion include piety, chastity, honesty, goodness, diligence, returning what we are entrusted with whether it belongs to the pious or the wicked, extended prostration (to God), night worship, avoidance of the forbidden acts, expectation of the Relief by means of patience, good companionship, and being good neighborliness.Then Tamim ibn Bohlool said, “Abu Mo’awiya also narrated this same tradition about Divine Leadership for me on the authority of al-A’mesh, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم.”