Oh and as far as the twelver Imams, at least according to the twelver narrative and how they portray them. If a man walked in on Ja`far or Muhammad, they would leave the tent after being misinformed because these "great Imams" were so cautious and wary of the rulers (who couldn't care less about them) that they had to constantly lie. BUT NOT WHEN IT COMES TO WIPING THE SOCKS! No, Taqiyyah is in everything except wiping the socks (or whatever)
Heck entire Shia sects were created apparently (acc to Shia scholars) because the Imam pointed to one of his sons in order to divert attention from the real Imam which was the other son. SubhanAllah.
Well, what do you say about how Prophet Haroon (as) dealt with Bani Israel after Prophet Musa (as) left him?
Always when the absurdity of Imams constantly lying is pointed out, one of the most used defenses is "What about Prophet Harun (a.s.)?". This, however is one of the worst analogies ever:
1. First of all, Harun (a.s.) openly told them and warned them not to do such a thing:
وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَارُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي
Sahih International
And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."
When did any of the Imams go and preach openly and publicly that they were doing wrong and that they should follow him instead? 2. Second of all, prophet Musa (a.s.) was furious regarding prophet Harun (a.s.) doing too little about it:
قَالَ يَا هَارُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوا
Sahih International
[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِي
Sahih International
From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِي وَلَا بِرَأْسِي ۖ إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِي
Sahih International
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.' "
3. More importantly, it is true that one of the reasons for waiting was to not create division among the Children of Israel, but the situation is entirely different from the situation after the death of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). The whole idea of waiting was
because prophet Musa (a.s.) was still the de facto leader of the community. Musa(a.s) only left for forty days and was expected to return. That is why he said:
Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.' "
Adding to the confusion was that the other people that worshipped the calf told him (after he warning them) that they would not stop until Musa (a.s.) returns:
قَالُوا لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ
Sahih International
They said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."
The Imams were never temporary replacements and waiting for the return of anyone, nor did people say that they will continue doing what they did until the Prophet (s.a.w.s) returns. How is this remotely comparable?4. Lastly and most importantly,
prophet Harun(a.s.) never lied about what he stood for. He never pretended to endorse them to save his own life. And to add this:
- As far as we know, he never pledged allegiance to them publicly and cursed them only privately.
- As far as we know, he never pretended to praise them.
- As far as we know,
he never prayed behind them while they were praying to the calf and he was supposedly praying on his own to Allah.- As far as we know, he never joined a council of them to pick the replacement of as Samiri
- As far as we know, he never named his sons after as Samiri.
- As far as we know, he never married from as Samiri.
- As far as we know, he never married to as Samiri.
- As far as we know, he never gave rulings in their favor or in line with their theology only to refute them in secrecy.
How in the world is this comparable? Is the insult to the Ahl al Bayt not enough? Do we have to drag prophet Harun (a.s.) into this as well every single time?
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