God or Servant of God A Look at the Hadith " Do not Consider Us as god"

In Shi’i sources, the following hadith has been quoted from the Infallible Imams: “Do not consider us as god and narrate whatever you want of our virtues”. Though this hadith has been rejected by some schools of thought as a forged one, it has valid chain of narrators and its references correspond to religious standards. This hadith has been narrated in various forms in Shi’i sources and it is referring mainly to two points: first, rejection of extremism; and, the other, explanation of the scope of stations of the Household (A.S). On the one hand, this hadith fights against extremist ideas and, on the other, it mentions the loftiness of the stations of the Infallible Imams. After discussing the content and the chain of narrators of this hadith, the present writing goes to explain its references and provide replies to objections posed against it.