we should say that any view that you know of the necessity of the infallibility of the imam must be revealed. if it is said that the evidence for it is the necessity of agreement that the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace is infallible and we do not rule on the necessity of his infallibility except because through him we know the truth and from him we receive it and benefit from it. if we allow him to make a mistake and commit a sin then trust in his words is lost. there is no statement that comes from him except that we imagine that it will be said that he may have made a mistake in it or that he relied on lying because sin is not impossible for him. from what has no face so likewise the imam from him we meet the truth and to him we return in the problems as we used to return to the messenger of god may god bless him and grant him peace for he is his successor and through him we find light in the problems of interpretation and revelation and the conditions of the day of resurrection gathering and resurrection.
على أن نقول أي نظر عرفكم وجوب عصمة الأمام فلا بد من الكشف عنه فإن قيل الدليل عليه وجوب الاتفاق على كون النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم معصوما ولم نحكم بوجوب عصمته إلا لأنا بواسطته نعرف الحق ومنه نتلقفه ونستفيده ولو جوزنا عليه الخطأ والمعصية سقطت الثقة بقوله فما من قول يصدر عنه إلا ونتصور أن يقال لعله أخطأ فيه او تعتمد الكذب فإن المعصية ليست مستحلية عليه وذلك مما لا وجه له فكذلك الإمام منه نلتقي الحق واليه نرجع في المشكلات كما كنا نرجع الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فانه خليفته وبه نستضئ في مشكلات التأويل والتنزيل وأحوال القيامة والحشر والنشر