This argument of theirs is flimsy, and this justification of theirs is ridiculous to the furthest limits. Even Shimr (may Allah curse him), if we killed him, we would kill his body and his humanity. His spirit and inner self would not be killed by the sword. So how can the killing of Al-Ḥusayn (may his glory be exalted) be compared to the killing of a disbeliever?

We have explained previously that human fortunes do not befall them, and that the bodies of the Imāms are created from Illiyyin (highest heights), and the spirits of their Shī‘ah are created from Illiyyin. As long as killing does not befall the spirit of the believer because it is from Illiyyin, likewise the killing of the humanity (Nasut) of the Imām does not occur because his humanity is from Illiyyin. If the killing of the Imām's humanity were permissible, the killing of the believer's spirit would be permissible!

This statement of theirs is the same as the saying of the Christians, which has veiled them from faith and led them astray.

In the narration of the Master Al-Ṣādiq (may his glory be exalted) when he was informing about the difference of religious laws, he said, speaking about the Christians: "Had it not been that they believed in a humanity (Nāsūt) along with the Divinity (Lāhūt), and darkness along with the Light, they would have been with the believers and would not have been separated from the knowers."