I believe that it is quite well established that The Imam, or rather the position of the Imam, is that one can hear the angels in that position, but he can't see them, this is proven through this tradition:

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from Tha‘laba ibn Maymun from Zurara who has said the following “I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘He was a messenger, a prophet’. What is a messenger and what is a prophet?’” The Imam said, “A prophet is one who sees things in his dream and hears the voice but does not see the angel. The messenger is one who hears the voice, in his dreams and sees the angel.” I then said, “What is the position of the Imam?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “He hears the voice but does not see and observe the angel”

al-Kafi, v1, ch 3, h 1

al Majlisi: صحيح
https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/1/4/3/1

So we know that the position of Imamah means that such an individual cannot see angels, now that we have that established, my question is:

1) In the Holy Qur'an (2:124), Allah says that he MADE Ibrahim an Imam for Mankind, and most if not all Imami scholars say that this Ayah proves that the position of Imamah is higher than nabuwah, because Prophet Ibrahim was already a messenger, and then Allah made him into an Imam, while it would only seen natural to come to this conclusion, but this is where the earlier tradition comes in

Now that Ibrahim is an Imam, does that mean that he can no longer see angels? Because he was a messenger before but has been promoted to an Imam, and if so, then how exactly is the position of Imam higher than the position of a Messenger?

2) Also if Ibrahim was a Imam and a messenger, then wouldn't that entail him to be greater than the 12 Imams? Because he is a Imam and a Messenger, while the Aimmah are only Imams

3) When Allah says that his covenant doesn't include the wrong doers in the same verse, when Ibrahim(as) asked for Imamah in his Ale, so does that mean that every single Prophet from the Ale of Ibrahim is an Imam? because surely The Prophets aren't wrong doers right?

4) Do we have any Sahih traditions in which The Prophet(saw) proclaims his Immamate? Like he says that I am an Imam

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1- Imamate means universal leadership. Prophet Ibrahim (a) achieved this later in life, and universal leadership is greater than being a prophet or messenger. He could still see the angels since he had a divine book and angels communicated to him fully.

2- Our Imams are greater than Prophet Ibrahim since their degree of Imamte is higher, even though they were not prophets or messengers. Their knowledge and degree of infallibility were higher.

3- It doesn’t mean that all prophets from Ibrahim’s progeny were Imams. It means that from his progeny there will be Imams, but those Imams will be infallible (they don’t commit any injustice).

4- This hadith indicates the Prophet (s) is considered an Imam:

المحاسن: ابن محبوب عن عبد الله بن غالب عن جابر الجعفي عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: لما أنزلت (يوم ندعو كل أناس بإمامهم) قال المسلمون:
يا رسول الله ألست إمام الناس كلهم أجمعين، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أنا رسول الله إلى الناس أجمعين، ولكن سيكون بعدي أئمة على الناس من أهل بيتي من الله يقومون في الناس فيكذبونهم، ويظلمهم أئمة الكفر والضلال وأشياعهم

5- We do have hadiths that indicate Imam Ali (a) used to “see” what the Prophet (s), meaning the angels.

قال عليه السلام تعريفا لنفسه: «ولقد علمتم موضعي من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بالقرابة القريبة، والمنزلة الخصيصة، وضعني في حجره وأنا وليد، يضمني إلى صدره، ويكنفني في فراشه، ويمسني جسده، ويشمني عرفه، وكان يمضغ الشي‏ء ثم يلقمينه، وما وجد لى كذبة في قول،ولا خطلة في فعل،ولقد قرن الله به صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم من لدن أن كان فطيما أعظم ملك من ملائكته، يسلك به طريق المكارم ومحاسن أخلاق العالم ليله ونهاره، ولقد كنت أتبعه اتباع الفصيل إثر امه، يرفع لي في كل يوم من أخلاقه علما،ويأمرني بالاقتداء به، ولقد كان يجاور في كل سنة بحراء، فأراه ولا يراه غيري، ولم يجمع بيت واحد يومئذ في الاسلام غير رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم وخديجة، وأنا ثالثهما، أرى نور الوحى والرسالة، وأشم ريح النبوة، ولقد سمعت رنة الشيطان حين نزل الوحي عليه صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم، فقلت: يا رسول الله! ما هذه الرنة؟ فقال : هذا الشيطان قد أيس من عبادته، إنك تسمع ما أسمع، وترى ما أرى، إلا أنك لست بنبي ولكنك لوزير، وإنك لعلى خير ».

قال ابن أبي الحديد: «وروى عن جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليهما السلام قال: كان علي عليه السلام يرى مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله و سلم قبل الرسالة الضوء، ويسمع الصوت، وقال صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم له: لو لا أني خاتم الأنبياء لكنت شريكا في النبوة، فإن لا تكن نبيا فإنك وصي نبي و وارثه، بل أنت سيد الأوصياء، و إمام الأتقياء