Page "Five Pillars of Islam" Paragraph 47

All of the prophets and messengers of God had successors, and just as Allah appointed His prophets and messengers for the guidance of mankind, He also appointed successors to the prophets and messengers as a matter of necessity.

Abraham was succeeded by two of his sons, Isaac and Ishmael, while Moses was succeeded by his brother Aaron and Jesus by two prophets whom the Qur ' an mentions in the chapter called " Ya Sin ".

( 36: 13-14 ) Likewise, Muhammad was succeeded by twelve distinguished successors, one after another.

These successors were called imams and were appointed by Allah, not by humankind.

The right to ordain imams belongs only to Almighty Allah, and the Qur ' an speaks about this in many verses: