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Chapter: Twelve imams determined by Allah 13 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن يونس ال٠وصلي، قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن رباح الزهري، قال: حدثنا أح٠يري، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن أيوب، عن عبد الكري٠ر، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله: ٠عنى قول الله: بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِ٠َنْ كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا {11} قال لي: إن الله خلق السنة اثنَي عشر شهراً وجعل الليل اثنتي عشرة ساعة وجعل النّهار اثنتي عشرة ساعة، و٠(13) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus al-Moossili narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Rabah al-az-Zuhri from Ahmad bin Ali al-Himyari from al-Hasan bin Ayyoob from Abdul Kareem bin Amr al-Khath’ami that al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar had said: “I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) about the saying of Allah (But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning fire for him who rejects the hour).

He said: “Allah has divided the year into twelve months, the night into twelve hours, the day into twelve hours and He has chosen from us twelve inspired imams. Imam Ali (as) was an hour from among those hours.”