hadith
125
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(7) Ali bin Ibraheem narrated from Muhammad bin Eessa from Muhammad bin al-Fudhayl from Abu Hamza ath-Thimali that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said
“By Allah, He has not left the world, since Adam had left to the better world, without an imam guiding people to the way of Allah and being the authority of Allah over His people. The world will never be left without an authority (from Allah) over the people.”
7 - وعن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر الباقر
أنه قال: واللهِ، ما ترك الله أرضَه منذ قبض الله آدمَ إلاّ وفيها إمامٌ يُهتدى به إلى الله، وهو حجته على عباده، ولا تبقى الأرض بغير إمام حجة لله على عباده.
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