A person without such Imam is lost and confused and if he...

A person without such Imam is lost and confused and if he would die in such condition his death would be like dying in disbelief and hypocrisy. O Muhammad, bear in mind properly that the unjust Imams and their followers are far away from the religion of Allah. They are lost and misleading. Their deeds that they do are like the dust blown by the winds away in a windy day which, would go out of hand without benefits. Thus is straying far away from the truth." H 972, Ch.

86, h 3 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad Muhammad ibn 'Isa from ibn Mahbub from 'Abd 'Aziz al-'Abdi from 'Abdallah ibn abu Ya'fur who has said the following. "I said to abu 'Abdallah (a.s.). 'Isma'il meet people and it increases my wonders when I find people who do not consider you as their guardians and Imams but they consider so and so as their Imam. However, they are trustworthy, truthful and loyal.

I also find people who consider you as their guardian and Imam but are not that trustworthy, loyal and truthful. " The narrator has said that abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) then sat in an upright position and turned to me as if with anger and then said, "One follows the religion of Allah under the guardianship of an unjust Imam who possesses no Divine authority, he has no religion.

One who follows the religion of Allah under the guardianship of an Imam who just in his dealings (possesses Divine authority)." I then said, "These have no religion and these will face no destruction." The Imam (a.s.) said, "That is correct "these have no religion and these will face no destruction. " Then the Imam (a.

s.) said, "Have y0ou not heard the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, "God is the Guardian of the believers and it is He who takes them out of darkness into light. . ." (2:257) It means that He takes them out of the darkness of sins to the light of repentance and forgiveness because of their love for and their being under the guardianship of the just Imams who possess Divine authority.

He has also said, "The Devil is the guardian of those who deny the Truth and he leads them from light to darkness.. . ." (2:257) It means that they were in the light of Islam but when they accepted the guardianship and the leadership of every unjust Imam who possessed no authority from Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, their guardianship took them out of the light of Islam to the darkness of disbelief. Allah then made it necessary for them to suffer in fire along with the unbelievers.