THE IMMAM OF THE HELL FIRE.......

Mar 5, '13 1:46 PM for everyone

'…certainly, the worst man before Allah is the oppressive Imam who has gone astray and through whom others go astray. He destroys the accepted Sunnah and revives abandoned innovations. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) predict - On the Day of Judgment the oppressive Imam will be brought without anyone to support him or anyone to advance excuses on his behalf, and then he will be thrown into Hell, where he will rotate as the hand-mill rotates. Then eventually he will be confined to its hollow.' 

(Nahjul Balagha, Sermon 164, vol. 1, pg. 608-609, Ansariyan Publications)

An oppressor is not only the one who usurps the rights of others and persecutes others. The Quran declares, '…and whoever exceeds the limits of Allah these it is that are the unjust.' 
(Surah Baqarah, Verse 229)

These include those disobedient of Allah's commands, who have violated His edicts and exceeded His limits. The Quran further proclaims, 'and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.' (Surah Maidah, Verse 45)

If somebody makes additions to the religion or forbids an obligation, he has violated the divine command which tantamount to injustice. Therefore, any person who has not been appointed an Imam by Allah and he claims this position for himself, he has transgressed the limits of Allah and has disregarded Allah's orders. He is a tyrannical and an oppressive leader, whose end has been described above in Hazrat Ali's (a.s.) sermon. 

Indeed the Holy Quran condemns even those people as oppressors who befriend such persons - '…and whoever makes friends with them, these are the unjust.' 

(Surah Mumtahenah, Verse 9)