03-22-2007, 09:20 PM
Bismillah
Just so that we dont make a blanket, not every shia claim that Ali was supposed to be the Messenger, even among them, they are split:
I found this link which may help us all gain more knowledge:
http://www.amaana.org/ismaili.html
On a previous search, I even came accross a declaration made by a group of A`lawy scholars, but unfortunately it was in Arabic. But the statement is actually worth translating, I will try Insh a Allah.