The Reason Why There is a Need for the Imam عليه السلام

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 21
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 21

The Reason Why There is a Need for the Imam عليه السلام

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَدَعِ الْأَرْضَ بِغَيْرِ عَالِمٍ وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ‌ لَمَا عُرِفَ الْحَقُّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ.
And through the same chain of narrators from Yunus bin Abdur Rahman from ibn Muskan from Abi Baseer that he said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, certainly does not leave the earth without an Imam. If it had not been thus, the truth would not have been distinguished from falsehood.”