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 say: “The earth can never remain devoid of an Imam from among us.”
