ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s) 4 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى الزيتونِي وَ٠َدِ بْنِ أَبي قتادة عَنْ أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ هِلالٍ، عَن سَعِيدُ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ان بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِ٠ْيَريُّ سألت الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ فَقُلْتُ: تخلو الأَرْض ٠ن حُجَّةَ؟ فَقالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ لَوْ خَلَتْ الأَرْضُ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ ٠ن حُجَّةٍ لَساخَت بِأهلِها.

28-4 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Zaytooni and Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Qatada, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Hilal, on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Soleiman, on the authority of Soleiman ibn Ja’far al-Ja’fari, “I asked Al-Ridha (s), ‘Will the Earth be left without a Proof?’ The Imam (s) said, ‘No.

If the Earth is left without a Proof for even a moment, it will take in all its residents.’”