The position of Imam, in the words of Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) 2

Hawzah News Agency - A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn Ni‘man from ’Isma‘il ibn Jabir from abu ‘Abdallah who has said the following.

كِتَابُ الله فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا قَبْلَكُمْ وَخَبَرُ مَا بَعْدَكُمْ وَفَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُ.

“In the book of Allah there is the news of things before you, the reports of the matters after you and the laws to settle your disputes and we know it all.”

Al-Kāfi, v.1, Book 2, Chapter 20