Necessity of a Divine Proof – Survival of the People and the Earth

عَنْ اَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِؑ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ النَّاسُ اِلَّا بِاِمَامٍ وَ لَا تَصْلُحُ الْاَرْضُ اِلَّا بِذَلِكَ

Imam Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) says, “The people cannot survive except with a (divinely appointed) Imam and the earth cannot survive except with him.”

References:

1.    Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 23, p. 22, H. 23

2.    Elal al-Sharaae’, vol. 1, p. 196, Chapter 153, H. 9