Categories: False Claimants

State of fake imams on the day of judgment

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَرَى الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى اللَّـهِ وُجُوهُهُم مُّسْوَدَّةٌ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

Ref: Zumar (39) 60

Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqda narrated from Hameed bin Ziyad from Ja’far bin Issma’eel al-Minqari from al-Husayn bin Ahmad al-Muqri’ from Younus bin Dhabyan that Imam Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (s) had said when talking about the Qur’anic verse, “And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who lied against Allah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud:”[1]
“It talks about those, who pretend to be imams but they are not.”[2]

[1] Qur’an, 39:60.

[2] Biharul Anwar, vol.25 p.113.

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (s) says:

“There are three persons, whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He look upon nor will He purify and shall have a painful chastisement; one, who pretends that he is an imam but he is not, the other one is he, who claims that the real imam is not an imam and the third one is he, who claims that these two persons are faithful Muslims.”[1]

[1] Biharul Anwar, vol.25 p.113.

Imam Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (s) says:

“Every banner that is raised before the banner of al-Qa’im will be of an oppressive arrogant.”[1]

[1] Biharul Anwar, vol.25 p.114.

Abu Abdullah Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (s) says:

“Whoever invites people to follow him and there is someone better than him among people, is a deviate and heretic and whoever pretends that he is an imam inspired by Allah, is an unbeliever.”[1]

After all, what about those, who have pretended to be imams whereas, in fact, they are not, who have denied one of the inspired imams and who have claimed that they, who have done so, are still faithful Muslims? Have they not been among those, whom Allah will never speak to, will never look on and will prepare the painful torment for on the Day of Resurrection? Have they not been among the unbelievers and the polytheists?

[1] Biharul Anwar, vol.25 p.115.

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