91 - الاضطِرارُ إلَى الإمامِ‏

91. The Essential Need for an Imam

291.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لَو أنّ الإمامَ رُفِعَ مِنَ الأرضِ ساعةً لَماجَتْ بأهْلِها كَما يَمُوجُ البَحْرُ بأهلِهِ .¹

291.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'If the Imam was to ever be removed from the earth even for an instant, the whole earth would tremble its inhabitants the way the ocean trembles with those who are on it.' ²

292.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ الأرضَ لا تَخْلُو إلّا وَفِيها إمامٌ ، كَيْما إنْ زادَ المُؤمنونَ شَيْئاً رَدَّهُمْ ، وإنْ نَقَصُوا شَيْئاً أتَمَّهُ لَهُم .³

292.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The earth will never be absent of having an Imam, so that if the believers were to add something [to religion] he would refute it, and if they were to omit something from it, he would complete it by bringing it back.' ⁴