Salam alaikom,
I sent the following to al-Islam.org but they never respond. Therefore, I am sharing my questions and comments with you.
1- Ahlul Bayt (as) were not meant to be intercessors and to compete with their Creator’s direct connection with His servants. Rather, Ahlul Bayt was Purified to be an exemplary and legitimate role model for future generations. They were create not to constantly “intercede” On behalf of the Muslims but that their lofty actions and intentions would be copied for greater social well-being.
That’s why it’s so ridiculous to watch the people in Iran shouting ‘Ya Imam Zaman!’, ‘Ya Hussein!’, ‘Ya Fatimatu Zahra!’ during last deluge that carried away people and property.
Why couldn’t the people say ‘Ya Arham ar Rahimeen!’, ‘Ya Ghaffar!’, ‘Ya Dhul Jalale wal Ikraam!’, ‘Ya Maalik al Mulk!’, ‘Ya Hayy!’, ‘Ya Wayyum!’?
Thanks to erroneous interpretation of the Prophet’s Family‘s true role and place, the ulema have programmed citizens to call on Ahlul Bayt for anything to solve and alleviate their sufferings.
Question: If the Qur’an itself continuously insists upon remembering Allah (awj) to get nearer to Him, to praise and glorify Him, to bring comfort to heart, to heal one’s anxieties, etc., why does this website, the hawzas and ulema never want to encourage the Shia to learn and call on Allah more often? Why do you not replace this corrupt system of human intercession with teaching people to memorize Asma al Husna, the names of Allah and appeal to Him frequently? Surely, on Day of Judgement you will be questioned that why did you discourage the Shia Muslims from memorizing Allah’s holy names and attributes?
2-There are similarities between shia Islam and Christianity as in the following: Just as most Christians constantly remember and call upon Jesus (as) [‘Jesus saved me’, ‘Jesus healed me, etc.], plus sanctifying intercession of Christian saints and depicting them in paintings, the Shia wrongfully mimics them by calling on Imams [ya Hussein, ya Ali, etc.] and by displaying paintings of Imams. Whereas the Holy Qur’an repeatedly demands calling on Allah(awj), and remembering Him through His glorious names And attributes, you the ulema, out of excess and fake rewayaat [Dr. Hujjatul Islam Qaraati says 40,000 rewayaat were false] have significantly reduced the importance of memorization and dhikr of The Creator’s names so much that now nearly all Shias call out names of Ahlul Bayt and Imams day and night without ever calling Allah’s names too.
3-If you say dhikr of Allah’s names is unimportant as the Qur’an recommends, what were the Ahlul Bayt calling upon in times of need, illness, calamities, difficulties, death? Were they calling each other’s names back and forth and satisfied with that? Is that how they got nearer to their Creator in taqwa, by ignoring Asmaa al Husnaa as the Shia does today? Factual history says no, they never called on anyone, for fear of committing shirk, and Allah the perpetually praised and glorified would never raise their status if they claimed healing powers and sainthood such that the Imams’ human powers compete for attention more than Him who created them. Rather, it is you who over centuries have corrupted the actual place of Ahl al Bayt and Imams as unmatched role models for Muslim community by their pure and pious actions. You and your ancestors caved into trickery and cleverness to completely overwhelm the senses of every Shia to such a degree that in times need, all they can proclaim is ‘Ya so and so!’  That person, due to excessive reliance on false rewayaat, forgets that the earthquake, the illness, the loss of life or property is firmly in the hands of his/her Creator, and the Imams cannot do anything.
Lastly, if there is intercession, it is saved for Yawm al Qiyamah, when it’s really needed, per Allah’s words in the Holy Qur’an. Yet you have turned intercession into a game of hide and seek, a plaything, through which you the Shia ulema have manipulated the public in order to control the narrative of Ahlul Bayt and their true place for their earthly existence. By Allah,  on day of judgment, they will deny all your allegations of ever having had supernatural powers.
“Cleverness is not wisdom“—Euripides
Mohsen