15- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ سَلْمَانَ وَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَ مِنَ الْمِقْدَادِ حَدِيثاً عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِمَامٌ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُ عَلَى جَابِرٍ وَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالا صَدَقُوا وَ بَرُّوا وَ قَدْ شَهِدْنَا ذَلِكَ وَ سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ إِنَّ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِمَامٌ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً مَنْ هَذَا الْإِمَامُ قَالَ مِنْ أَوْصِيَائِي يَا سَلْمَانُ فَمَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِمَامٌ مِنْهُمْ يَعْرِفُهُ فَهِيَ مِيتَةٌ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ فَإِنْ جَهِلَهُ وَ عَادَاهُ فَهُوَ مُشْرِكٌ وَ إِنْ جَهِلَهُ وَ لَمْ يُعَادِهِ وَ لَمْ يُوَالِ لَهُ عَدُوّاً فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ وَ لَيْسَ بِمُشْرِكٍ.
15 - 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, all of them from Muhammad bin Isa and Yaqoob bin Yazid and Ibrahim bin Hashim, all of them from Hammad bin Isa from Imran bin Uzaina from Aban bin Abi Ayyash from Sulaym bin Qais Hilali that he heard from Salman, Abi Zar and Miqdad a tradition of the Messenger of Allah (S) that he said:
“One who dies without having an Imam, dies the death of paganhood. Then he mentioned this tradition to Jabir and Ibne Abbas who said: They have said the truth and they are doers of good. We also testify that we heard the Messenger of Allah (S) say thus. At the end of that Salman said: O Messenger of Allah (S), you said: One who dies without having an Imam, dies the death of paganhood.
Who is that Imam? The Messenger of Allah (S) said: From my successors, O Salman. Thus if anyone from my Ummah dies without having an Imam from them that he recognizes, his death is of paganhood. One who is ignorant of him and is inimical to him, is a polytheist. And if he is ignorant but is neither inimical nor friendly with his enemies, he is ignorant and not a polytheist.”
as the 12th Imam