hadith
127
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(9) The previous narrators narrated from Muhammad bin al-Fudhayl that he had said
I asked Imam ar-Redha (as): “Is the world left without an imam?” He said: “No, it is not.” I said: “We narrate from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) that it is not left without an imam except if Allah becomes angry with the people.” He said: “The world is not left without an imam. If it is left without an imam, it will sink.”
9 - وبه عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن الرضا قال
قلت له: أتبقى الأرض بغير إمام؟ قال: لا. قلت: فإنا نروي عن أبي عبد الله أنها لا تبقى بغير إمام إلاّ أن يسخط الله على أهل الأرض (أو قال: على العباد). فقال: لا تبقى الأرضُ بغير إمام، ولو بقيت إذاً لساخت.
Similar narrations
- Kitāb al-Ghayba #124 “Allah does not leave the world without a jurisprudent (imam); otherwise the truth is not distinguished from the untruth.”
- Kitāb al-Ghayba #122 “The world will still have an authority from Allah knowing the permissible and impermissible things and inviting people to the way of...
- Kitāb al-Ghayba #128 “If the imam is removed from on the earth for an hour, it will sink with its people and will surge like the sea.”