The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 447 (#Ḥadīth #4)
Chapter 5 | The Issue that the Earth at no time is without a Person with Divine Authority
4ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلاءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ تَبْقَى الارْضُ بِغَيْرِ إِمَامٍ قَالَ لا.
4. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from al-Husayn Ibn Abu ‘Ala’ from Abu ‘Abdallah : I (the narrator) said to him: “Can the earth be without Imam?” The Imam said, “No.”
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