> I'm talking about the proof that Imams are descendants of the
> Prophet,
> because they claimed authority and you know they were, indeed,
> the legitimate
> successors of Muhammad. Nobody never confirm scientifically
> ADN's chains.
Dear Hasan,
Ali was an Imam even though he was not a descendent from Muhammad.
It isn't their descent from Muhammad that makes them Imams. It is the
fact they received a nass (appointment.)
> See this:
>
> "Indeed, the essential pre-requisites of admittance into the
> Bahá'í fold of Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists, and the
> followers of other ancient Faiths, as well as of agnostics and
> even atheists, is the whole-hearted and unqualified acceptance by
> them all of the Divine origin of both Islam and Christianity, of
> the prophetic functions of both Muhammad and Jesus Christ, of the
> legitimacy of the institution of the Imamate, and of the primacy
> of St. Peter, the Prince of the Apostles.
And yet Peter had no relation to Jesus whatsoever.
warmest, Susan
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