إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌۭ ۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ 

“(O Muḥammad!) You are a warner only and for every people (qawmقَوْمٍ)  there is a guide” (13:7)

The  holy  Prophet  said  to  Imam Alī: 

“I  am  the  warner  and  Alī is  the  guide.  O  Alī! Those  who  seek  the  right  way  will  find  it  through you after me”

The Holy Ahl-i Bayt in the Prophetic Traditions (page 18)

By: Faquir Muhammad Hunzai and Rashida Noormohamed-Hunzai

Mawlana Hazir Imam’s speech which was addressed to both Houses of Parliament of Canada and dated 27th of February 2014;

“The Isma’ili Imamat is a supra-national entity, representing the succession of Imams since the time of the Prophet. But let me clarify something more about the history of that role, in both the Sunni and Shi’a interpretations of the Muslim faith. The Sunni position is that the Prophet nominated no successor, and the spiritual-moral authority belongs to those who are learned in matters of religious law. As a result, there are many Sunni imams in a given time and place. But others believe that the Prophet had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali, as his successor. From that early division, a host of father distinctions grew up – but the question of rightful leadership remains central. In time the shi’a were also sub-divided over this question, so that today the Isma’ilis are the only Shi’a community who, throughout history, have been led by a living, hereditary Imam in direct descent from the prophet.”