The book (The Role of Historical Events in Clarifying the Beliefs of the Ahl al-Bayt (a), a wonderful book, responds to the readings
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that seek to prove that the belief concerning the Ahl al-Bayt (a) developed over time and that a development by certain persons entered into it,, for they believe that the Household of Infallibility are nothing but pious scholars only, and that they have neither infallibility nor sanctity..
The book shows that the belief only emerged gradually, within the Infallibles' own handling of it: its firm foundations since the era of the Prophet (s), then its clarification after that in a clearer form, then the detailing in the era of Imam al-Sadiq and al-Baqir (a), then the deepening in the time of Imam al-Kazim and al-Rida (a)..
The clearest matter that refutes the view of the likes of Mohsen Kadivar, Ahmad al-Katib and the author of the book The Development of the Intellectual Foundations of the Shiʿa,, is that the doctrines of infallibility and the Imamate are firmly established and reported from the Ahl al-Bayt (a) themselves, in addition to the precise reading of the verses of the Glorious Book.
This book shows that the historical reading proves the authenticity of the belief and the development of its clarification to people.
