> I think Shi`ah consider the `ismah (infallibility) of `ali, Fatimih,
> Imam Hasan, Imam Husayn, etc., etc. on par with the infallibility
> of the
> Prophet Muhammad. I guess the Shaykhi school adopts a very extremist
> view of the exalted station of imams. But I think Baha'u'llah does
not
> accept that the infallibility of the imams was on the same level
> of the
> Prophet's infallibility, the Most Great Infallibility. IshrAqAt
> expatiates on this. In some Tablets, He even calls the Shi`ah
> "mushrik"for holding such a view.
Dear Iskandar,
Baha'u'llah does talk about different levels of infallibility, but I
think when He refers to the Most Great Infallibility of the
Manifestations He means that They Themselves are the balance of right
and wrong, not just that what they do is right.
warmest, Susan
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