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Claim to be the Imam without qualification

alkafi-15116Vol. 8, p. 254

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ إِنَّ مِمَّنْ يَنْتَحِلُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ[4] لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَى كَذِبِهِ‌[5].

‘Whosoever (other than us (asws)) claims to have the Command (Wilayah), he has lied to the extent that the Satan (la) would be needy of his lie’.

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