The Fourteen Infallibles (Arabic: معصومون Ma‘sūmūn) are Twelver Shia religious figures from between the 6th and 9th century whom Twelvers believe are infallible, i.e. "divinely bestowed [with] freedom from error and sin". This quality of infallibility is known as Ismah. The Fourteen Infallibles are Muhammad, his daughter Fatima Zahra and the Twelve Imams.
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| - The Fourteen Infallibles (Arabic: معصومون Ma‘sūmūn) are Twelver Shia religious figures from between the 6th and 9th century whom Twelvers believe are infallible, i.e. "divinely bestowed [with] freedom from error and sin". This quality of infallibility is known as Ismah. The Fourteen Infallibles are Muhammad, his daughter Fatima Zahra and the Twelve Imams.
- According to Twelver theologians, infallibility is considered a rational necessary precondition for spiritual and religious guidance. They argue that since God has commanded absolute obedience from these figures they must only order in accordance with Islam. The state of infallibility is based on the interpretation of the verse of purification:{| cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="width: 200 px; border: 1px solid #aaa; font-size: 90%; padding: 4px; margin: 0.5em auto 0.8em; background: #f9f9f9;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |
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| - And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey God and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a [thorough] purifying.
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| - According to Twelver theologians, infallibility is considered a rational necessary precondition for spiritual and religious guidance. They argue that since God has commanded absolute obedience from these figures they must only order in accordance with Islam. The state of infallibility is based on the interpretation of the verse of purification:{| cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="width: 200 px; border: 1px solid #aaa; font-size: 90%; padding: 4px; margin: 0.5em auto 0.8em; background: #f9f9f9;" |- | style="text-align:left;" | And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey God and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a [thorough] purifying. —Quran 33:33 |} Thus they are the fourteen most pure ones, the only immaculate ones preserved from, and immune to, all uncleanness. It does not mean that supernatural powers prevent them from committing a sin, but it is due to the fact that they have absolute belief in God so that they find themselves in presence of God. They have also complete knowledge about God's will. They are in possession of all the knowledge brought by the angels to the prophets and messengers. Thus they act without fault in religious matters. The ascription of infallibility to the Imams is encountered as early as the first half of the 8th century, second century of Islamic calendar, and it was soon extended to the prophets. The doctrine came to exclude the commission on their part of any sin or inadvertence, either before or after their assumption of office. As for Fatimah, her infallibility derives from her being a link between prophethood and imamah, the two institutions characterized by infallibility, as well as by her association with the imams and their attributes in numerous Hadiths. There is general agreement among Shia authorities that all fourteen are superior to the rest of creation, including even the major prophets.
- The Fourteen Infallibles (Arabic: معصومون Ma‘sūmūn) are Twelver Shia religious figures from between the 6th and 9th century whom Twelvers believe are infallible, i.e. "divinely bestowed [with] freedom from error and sin". This quality of infallibility is known as Ismah. The Fourteen Infallibles are Muhammad, his daughter Fatima Zahra and the Twelve Imams.
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