Punishment of dying without the recognition of Imam
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 5
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl
Book 3, Chapter 5
Punishment of dying without the recognition of Imam
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی الْمِعْزَی عَنْ ذَرِیحٍ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مِنَّا الْإِمَامُ الْمَفْرُوضُ طَاعَتُهُ مَنْ جَحَدَهُ مَاتَ یَهُودِیّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِیّاً وَ اللَّهِ مَا تُرِکَ الْأَرْضُ مُنْذُ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ ع إِلَّا وَ فِیهَا إِمَامٌ یُهْتَدَی بِهِ إِلَی اللَّهِ حُجَّهً عَلَی الْعِبَادِ مَنْ تَرَکَهُ هَلَکَ وَ مَنْ لَزِمَهُ نَجَا حَقّاً عَلَی اللَّهِ.
2. And from the previous chain from Ahmad b. Abi al-Mi’za from Dharih from Abi Hamzah from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: “We are the Imams whose obedience is obligatory. One who denies us, will die as a Jew or a Christian. I swear by Allah, this earth is not deprived of a guiding Imam since the passing away of Prophet Adam عليه السلام. They are proofs of Allah on His servants. Whoever kept away from them were destroyed and Allah guarantees salvation for those who obey them.”