Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Reason Why There is a Need for the Imam (as)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْعُصْفُرِيِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَوْ بَقِيَتِ الْأَرْضُ يَوْماً بِلَا إِمَامٍ مِنَّا لَسَاخَتْ بِأَهْلِهَا وَ لَعَذَّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِأَشَدِّ عَذَابِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَنَا حُجَّةً فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ أَمَاناً فِي الْأَرْضِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ لَمْ يَزَالُوا فِي أَمَانٍ مِنْ أَنْ تَسِيخَ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضُ مَا دُمْنَا بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُمْهِلَهُمْ وَ لَا يُنْظِرَهُمْ ذَهَبَ بِنَا مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ وَ رَفَعَنَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا شَاءَ وَ أَحَبَّ.
Narrated to us my father; and Muhammad bin Hasan - may Allah be pleased with them -they said: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ahmad from Abi Saeed Usfoori from Amr bin Thabit from his father from Abi Ja’far (as) that he said: <br> “If the earth remains without an Imam from among us for a day it will cave into itself with all its inhabitants. And Allah will chastise them with His worst chastisement. Indeed Allah, the Blessed and the Mighty, has appointed us as His proofs in His earth and made us a security for the inhabitants of the earth. Thus till the time one of us is present there is security for the inhabitants of the earth. When Allah wants to destroy them without giving any respite or looking upon them with mercy, He will take us away from among them and raise us to Himself. Then Allah will do what He wants and what He likes.”
Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.
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