[22] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ قَالَ اجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَ الشَّيْخُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ فَغَمَزَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْخَلَفِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ وَ مَا أَنَا بِشَاكٍّ فِيمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّ اعْتِقَادِي وَ دِينِي أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَخْلُو مِنْ حُجَّةٍ إِلَّا إِذَا كَانَ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ رُفِعَتِ الْحُجَّةُ وَ أُغْلِقَ بَابُ التَّوْبَةِ فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنْفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْراً Muhammad Bin Abdullah and Muhammad Bin Yahya, altogether from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Humeyri who said, ‘I and Sheykh Abu Amro, may Allah -azwj be Pleased with him, gathered in the presence of Ahmad Bin Is’haq.
So Ahmad Bin Is’haq winked at me that I should ask him about the replacement (Imam -asws ). So I said to him, ‘O Abu Amro! I want to ask you about something, and I am not with a doubt regarding what I intend to ask you about. So my belief and my Religion is that the earth cannot be empty from a Divine Authority except when it would be just before the Day of Judgment by forty days. So when it would be that, the Divine Authority would be Raised and the door of repentance would be shut.
Thus, no soul shall benefit by its Eman which it did not belief from before, or goodness having been earned by its Eman , a soul will not benefit from its Eman which had not believed from before [6:158] .
فَأُولَئِكَ أَشْرَارٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِيَامَةُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَزْدَادَ يَقِيناً وَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَ لَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي So they would be the most evil of the creatures of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and they are those against whom the Day of Judgment would be Established.
But, I would like to increase conviction and that Ibrahim -as asked his -as Lord -azwj Mighty and Majestic how He -azwj Revives the dead: He said: “Or do you not believe?” He Said: Yes (I do), but to reassure my heart [2:260] .