Allah does not leave the world with no authority (Hujjah)

I have heard one of the trusted companions of Imam Ali (as) saying that Imam Ali (as) has said in a long speech he made in Kufa: “O Allah, it must be that You have authorities on Your earth one after the other over Your…

“The world will not be empty of a jurisprudent (imam). Whenever the believers add something (a heresy) to the religion, he prevents them from that and whenever they omit something of it, he completes it for them.”

“The world will still have an authority from Allah knowing the permissible and impermissible things and inviting people to the way of Allah.”

“Is the world left without an imam?” He replied: “No, it is not.”

“Allah does not leave the world without a jurisprudent (imam); otherwise the truth is not distinguished from the untruth.”

“By Allah, He has not left the world, since Adam had left to the better world, without an imam guiding people to the way of Allah and being the authority of Allah over His people. The world will never be left without an…

I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “Is the world left without an imam?” He said: “If the world remains without an imam, it will sink.”

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…

“If the imam is removed from on the earth for an hour, it will sink with its people and will surge like the sea.”

I asked Imam ar-Redha (as): “Is the world left without an imam?” He said: “No, it is not.” I said: “We narrate traditions saying that it does not remain without an imam except if Allah becomes angry with the people.” He…