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What is the authenticity of the Hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, in which he mentions the names of the Twelve Imams, after the revelation of the verse: "O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you"?

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This Hadith is fabricated, and the proof of its fabrication is its absence from the authoritative books of Sunnah. Rather, it is found in the references of innovators with obscure and disconnected chains of transmission, in addition to its contradiction with what is known among scholars regarding the designation of the twelve Imams.

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