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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Ghayba 1

Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 134 of the digital edition

Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī · Al-Hujjah must appear

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Arabic text

5 - محمد بن يعقوب، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن محمد بن الحسن، عن النهدي، عن أبيه، عن يونس بن يعقوب، عن أبي عبد الله أنه سمعه يقول: لَو لم يكن في الأرض إلاّ اثنان لكان أحدهما الإمام.

Translation

(5) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad from Muhammad bin al-Hasan from an-Nahdi from his father that Younus bin Ya’qoob had heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: “If there are no people on the earth except two, one of them will the imam.”

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  1. (5) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated
  2. Ahmad bin Muhammad
  3. Muhammad bin al-Hasan
  4. an-Nahdi
  5. his father
  6. Younus bin Ya’qoob had heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying

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