The Ignorant Death tradition and its indication for the originality of Imamate

One of the famous traditions for “the originality of Imamate” is the “Ignorant Death” tradition which is narrated from the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in six topics. This tradition is narrated in the Sunni sources in four topics of “the necessity of following the Imam, eschewing disunion among Muslims, the effects of Imam Ali’s (AS) hatred in the heart of the Muslim, and the result of insistence on drinking alcoholic beverages” with authentic documents and in two topics of “Hajj abandon and Jihad avoidance” with unauthentic documents. The inclusion of this tradition on some of jurisprudential subjects such as insistence on drinking alcoholic beverages has caused doubt in its indication for the “the originality of Imamate” among some opponents. Regarding the entry occasion of these traditions and the extant indications in them, the necessity of all four topics and even the originality of some of them can be proved.