Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 127 of the digital edition

Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī · Allah does not leave the world with no authority (Hujjah)

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Arabic text

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.

Translation

(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.”

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  1. (9) The previous narrators narrated
  2. Muhammad bin al-Fudhayl
  3. he had said

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