Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Case of those who would Die without having an Imam from the Imams of Guidance َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْ٠ُغِيرَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠َاتَ لا يَعْرِفُ إِ٠ِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ جَاهِلِيَّةً جَهْلاءَ أَوْ جَاهِلِيَّةً لا يَعْرِفُ إِ٠َهُ قَالَ جَاهِلِيَّةَ كُفْرٍ وَنِفَاقٍ وَضَلالٍ.

I asked, "Is it the death of ignorance (in the sense) of being ignorant or is it the death of ignorance in not knowing his Imam?" He replied, "(It is the death of) ignorance in terms of disbelief, hypocrisy, and misguidance."“ صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (44/ 1)) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/220))