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
حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَخْلُو مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا حُجَّةٌ عَالِمٌ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا يُصْلِحُهَا إِلَّا ذَلِكَ وَ لَا يُصْلِحُ النَّاسَ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ.
Narrated to us my father رضي الله عنه that: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari that they said: Narrated to us Ibrahim bin Mahziyar from his brother Ali bin Mahziyar from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Saad bin Abi Khalaf from Hasan bin Ziyad that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام say: “The earth can never be devoid of a scholar (Divine Proof) because neither can the system of the earth run nor can the people be reformed without it.”