Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Reason of occultation of the Imam from his followers
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فإن قيل: إن هذا الجواب أيضا لا يستمر على أصلكم لأن الصحيح من مذهبكم أن من عرف الله تعالى بصفاته وعرف النبوة والإمامة وحصل مؤمنا لا يجوز أن يقع منه كفر أصلا فإذا ثبت هذا فكيف يمكنكم أن تجعلوا علة الاستتار عن الولي أن المعلوم من حاله أنه إذا ظهر الإمام فظهر على يده علم معجز شك فيه ولا يعرفه إماما وإن الشك في ذلك كفر وذلك ينقض أصلكم الذي صححتموه.
If it is said: This answer too does not conform to your principles, because your denomination believes that someone who has faith in God, His attributes, the Prophet and Imamate, he cannot commit an act of disbelief (Kufr). If this is the case, how do you explain the reason of the hiding of the Imam from the Shia if the Imam appears and manifests miracles, the devotee will doubt in the miracle and will not recognize it and doubts with regard to that is disbelief (Kufr). This is not compatible with the principles of your religion.
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