Al-Kāfi · Volume 1 · Section 5 · 13 narrations
“I asked Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), ‘Can there be a time on earth without Imam?” The Imam said, “No, it can not be without an Imam.” I asked, “Can there be two Imams at a time?” He said, “No, unless one of them is silent.”
Read the full narration →“I heard the Imam (a.s.) saying, ‘The earth is never left without an Imam so that if the believers would add any thing it would be brought back and if they would reduce anything it would be completed.”
Read the full narration →“The earth has never been without a person with Divine authority who would teach people about the lawful and unlawful matters and call them to the path of Allah.”
Read the full narration →“Can the earth be without Imam?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “No.”
Read the full narration →“Allah does not leave the earth without a ‘Alim (scholar). Without this the truth would not be distinguished from falsehood.”
Read the full narration →“Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is far greater and above leaving the earth without an Imam of justice.”
Read the full narration →“O Lord. You do not leave your earth without a person who would represent Your authority among the people.”
Read the full narration →“I swear to Allah that He has not, from the day Adam died, left the earth without an Imam who would guide people to the Lord as with divine authority over the servants of the Lord. The earth will never remain without an…
Read the full narration →“ The earth is never without a person with divine authority and I swear to Allah that I am the person with Divine authority.”
Read the full narration →“I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), ‘Can the earth be left without the Imam?’” The Imam (a.s.) replied, “ Were to remain without Imam it would obliterate its inhabitants.”
Read the full narration →“I asked abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), ‘Can the remain without Imam?’” He replied, “No, it will not remain so.” I then said, “We narrate from Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) that the earth will not remain without Imam unless…
Read the full narration →“Would the Imam be taken away from the earth it will create waves against her inhabitants just like what the inhabitants of the ocean face.”
Read the full narration →“I asked al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), “I can the earth remain without Imam?” The Imam (a.s.) replied, “No, it will not remain so.” I said, “We narrate that it will not remain without the Imam unless Allah, the Most Holy,…
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