حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُسْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْعَامِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: مَا زَالَتِ الْأَرْضُ إِلَّا وَ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ فِيهَا حُجَّةٌ يَعْرِفُ الْحَلَالَ وَ الْحَرَامَ وَ يَدْعُو إِلَى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ الْحُجَّةُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَإِذَا رُفِعَتِ الْحُجَّةُ أُغْلِقَ بَابُ التَّوْبَةِ وَ لَنْ يَنْفَعَ نَفْساً إِيمانُها لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ الْحُجَّةُ أُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ مَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِيَامَةُ.
Narrated to us my father 
: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah and Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from Ayyub bin Nuh from Rabi bin Muhammad bin Musli from Abdullah bin Sulaiman Aamiri from Abi Abdullah that he said: “There is always a Divine Proof on the earth who is aware of the lawful and the prohibited and who calls the people to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. And the earth shall not be without Divine Proof but forty days prior to the Judgment Day. When that Divine Proof will be taken up by Allah the door of repentance shall be closed and the faith of those who accept it after the going away of Divine Proof will be of no use. They shall be the worst of creatures. After that the Judgment Day will be established for them.”
