The Issue that the Earth at no time is without a Person with Divine Authority
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 5
Al-Kāfi
Book 4, Chapter 5
The Issue that the Earth at no time is without a Person with Divine Authority
5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ إِنَّ الله لَمْ يَدَعِ الارْضَ بِغَيْرِ عَالِمٍ وَلَوْ لا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعْرَفِ الْحَقُّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ.
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from ibn Muskan from Abu Basir from one of them عليه السلام, who said: “Allah does not leave the earth without a ‘Alim (scholar). Without this the truth would not be distinguished from falsehood.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/296)
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