hadith
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(6) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Ali bin Ibraheem from Muhammad bin Eessa from Younus from ibn Miskan from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said
“Allah does not leave the world without a jurisprudent (imam); otherwise the truth is not distinguished from the untruth.”
6 - حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب، عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن ابن مسكان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله
أنه قال: إنّ الله لم يدعِ الأرض بغير عالِم، ولولا ذلك لم يُعرف الحقّ من الباطل.
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