Kitāb al-Ghayba

Hadith 123
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5 - حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب، عن بعض رجاله، عن أحمد بن مهران، عن محمد بن علي، عن الحسين بن أبي العلاء، عن أبي عبد الله قال: قلت له: تبقى الأرض بغير إمام؟ قال: لا.
(5) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from some of his companions from Ahmad bin Mihran from Muhammad bin Ali that al-Husayn bin Abul Ala’ had asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “Is the world left without an imam?” He replied: “No, it is not.”
Source: Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī

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