\n Then he (Sulaym Ibn Qais Hillali) presented it to Jabir and Ibn Abbas...

\n Then he (Sulaym Ibn Qais Hillali) presented it to Jabir and Ibn Abbas, so they said, \u2018They ar (the narrators of the Hadith) spoke the truth and reported correctly, for we are witnesses to that and heard from the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj , and that Salman ar said, \u2018O Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj , you -saww said that, \u2018The one who died and there was no Imam -asws for him, died the death of \u2018Jahiliya\u2019 (Pre-Islamic period i.e.

an infidel)\u2019, who is this Imam -asws , O Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj ?\u2019 \n The Rasool-Allah -saww said: \u2018The one -asws who is my -saww successor -asws , O Salman ar . Therefore, the one from my -saww community who died without having recognised an Imam -asws (from my -saww progeny -asws ) died the death of \u2018Jahiliya\u2019 (as an infidel).

\n If he was ignorant of him -asws and was also inimical to him -asws , so he is a \u2018Mushrik\u2019 Polytheist, and he was \u2018Jahil\u2019 [9] of him -asws but was not inimical to him -asws , and did not befriend his -asws enemies, so he is a \u2018Jahil\u2019 (Kafir) one but not a \u2018Mushrik\u2019 Polytheist\u2019.