A Study of the Position of Imams

As understood transcendental and religious reasons, Imam`s Being supported by clear text, Divine installation, knowledge of the unseen, infallibility and the guardianship are known as essential in Shiah, but some Shiite scholars` claiming that one group`s ill policies and intentions misled some Muslims from pure Islam and caused them impose their personal views on Islam; then, some opponents supported this position. According to them, Imami scholars were involved in this distorted tradition. Religious and non-religious factors have led the Muslim community to witness such ideological innovations in the issue of Imamate and its related characteristics. This paper, with a narrative and theoretical approach, and presenting charts and tables, criticizes the arguments and evidence of the claimants referred to as "eclectic Shiites". The study has focused on three scholars of this trend including Sayyid Abolfazl Borqe`i, Haydarali Qolamdaran and Seyyed Mohammad Javad Gharavi on the Clear Religious text, supporting Imamate.