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Muharram 15, 1330 We believe in the virtues of all posterity since the
time of the Muhajirun and the Ansar, may Allah be pleased with them and they with Him, and
these are beyond count or reckoning. Certain verses of the Book (Qur'an), in addition to a
few Sunni sahih books, must suffice you for a testimony in this regard. We have
scrutinized these, too. We have not found them at all, and Allah knows best, to be in
contradiction to the texts that praise `Ali (as), or even in any way eligible to
disqualify him [from caliphate]. Yes, our opponents may stand alone in narrating the
ahadith which are not authentic according to our sources. Their use of such ahadith to
disprove our views is rejected and is not expected from any unbiased arbitrator. We by no
means can take them into serious consideration. Do you not see how we do not argue by
quoting the texts narrated only by our own sources? On the contrary, we base our arguments
on their own narrations regarding events such as the Ghadir incident or the like. But we
have scrutinized the texts pertaining to these virtues recorded by their sources, and we
could not find any clues in them opposing such caliphate, nor do they contain anything
suggesting it; therefore, they have not been relied upon by anyone to prove the legitimacy
of the caliphate of the three righteous caliphs, Wassalam. Sincerely, Sh
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