(8) The previous series of narrators narrated that Abu Hamza ath-Thimali had said
I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “Is the world left without an imam?” He said: “If the world remains without an imam, it will sink.”
8 - وبه عن أبي حمزة قال
قلت لأبي عبد الله: أتبقى الأرض بغير إمام؟ فقال: لو بقِيتِ الأرضُ بغير إمام لَساختْ.
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