Ali Bin Abi Talib… The First Muhammadian Replica… Self and Equal

14 Rabea’ El-Thani 1440H

The noble Prophet started the preparation of the leaders of his program before his departure to the other world since the starting point of his divine call for Islam.
That point, indeed, would not let anyone have the least belief or doubt about the Prophet's negligence in presenting the lively formation of his religion-as religion and state-after him and thus, he blocked the way before those who might claim in any way that he had left them in bewilderment as to who would be guardian of the Islamic nation after him!!
And how he would leave his Muslim society wallow in a constitutional and legislative vacuum!! Far be it from him!
That preparation indeed culminated in recommending his trustee, his equal, his cousin and the husband of his daughter Ali bin Abi Talib (P.B.U.T.) to be the legal caliph after him; therefore, he availed no opportunity of any occasion and situation without announcing to the public that Ali is his inheritor in the matter of administration of the Muslims' affairs after him and he joined that with the matter of having completed the task of conveying his message to the people of the world through the holy Quran as in the following verse:
"This day, I perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."(Al-Maedah:3). declaring to people by that: Verily, Ali bin Abi Talib is the spiritual guardian and the political and organizational authority for Muslims after-him-meaning the Prophet.
Building on the foregoing Ali (P.B.U.H.) has been the first Muhammadian leader in whom "Prophet-hood" has been perfected by his "Imamate, "especially, if we consider the fact that he has witnessed the process heavenly commission from start to finish when he accompanied Allah's Messenger alongside his prophetic biography or rather he witnessed the casualties of isolation which targeted Islam in the depth which is to be touched upon on a chapter themed "Al-Imamate".