Quoting Brent Poirier Attorney at Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >I have the impression that the Shias have a "stronger" concept of
> the
> sinlessness of prophets than most Sunnis. Is that generally true of
> Bahais?>
>
> My impression is that the Baha'i view of the sinlessness of the Imams
> > and of
> Fatimih is very much in accord with the Shiah approach.
>
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.
Loving regards,
Iskandar
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>
> Thank you
> Brent
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