The Continuity of the Divine Testament Since the Time of Adam عليه السلام
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 22
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 22
The Continuity of the Divine Testament Since the Time of Adam عليه السلام
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا عليه السلام يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَخْلُو مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا إِمَامٌ مِنَّا.
Narrated to us my father; and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah; and Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from Yaqoob bin Yazid from Safwan bin Yahya that he said: I heard al-Ridha عليه السلام say: “The earth can never remain devoid of an Imam from among us.”