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[[Ibn Abi Ya'fur]] asked [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] about the Prophet's hadith according to which, "if a man dies while he does not know the Imam of his time, he will die a death of ignorance": is it the death as an unbeliever? He replied: "it is the death as a misguided person". He then asked: "if a man dies at this time without a leader, will he die a death of ignorance?" He replied: "Yes".<ref>Kulayni, ''al-Kafi'' ,1407AH, vol.1, p.376.</ref> | [[Ibn Abi Ya'fur]] asked [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] about the Prophet's hadith according to which, "if a man dies while he does not know the Imam of his time, he will die a death of ignorance": is it the death as an unbeliever? He replied: "it is the death as a misguided person". He then asked: "if a man dies at this time without a leader, will he die a death of ignorance?" He replied: "Yes".<ref>Kulayni, ''al-Kafi'' ,1407AH, vol.1, p.376.</ref> | ||
Hadith Man Mat is cited with slight differences in [[Sunni]] sources as well. The Prophet (s) said: ''"if a man dies without an Imam, he will die a death of ignorance"''<ref>Ahmad ibn Hanbal, ''Musnad Ahmad b. Hanbal'', vol.28, p.88; Abu Dawud, ''Musnad'', vol.3, p.425; Tabarani, ''Musnad al-Shamiyyen'', vol.2, p.437.</ref> | Hadith Man Mat is cited with slight differences in [[Sunni]] sources as well. The Prophet (s) said: ''"if a man dies without an Imam, he will die a death of ignorance"'';<ref>Ahmad ibn Hanbal, ''Musnad Ahmad b. Hanbal'', vol.28, p.88; Abu Dawud, ''Musnad'', vol.3, p.425; Tabarani, ''Musnad al-Shamiyyen'', vol.2, p.437.</ref> or ''"if a man withdraws from obedience, he will meet God on Dooms Day without a plea, and if a man dies without having pledged an allegiance, he will die a death of ignorance"''.<ref>Muslim, ''Sahih al-Muslim'', vol.3, p.1478.</ref> Sunni scholars take this hadith to be reliable<ref>Abu Na'im Isbahani, ''Hilya al-'awliya' wa tabaqat al-'asfiya' '', vol.3, p.224.</ref> and good<ref>Ibn Abi 'Asim, ''al-Sunna'', vol.2, p.503.</ref>. | ||
Some [[Shi'a]] scholars considered this hadith to be [[mutawatir]] in Shi'a and Sunni sources. | Some [[Shi'a]] scholars considered this hadith to be [[mutawatir]] in Shi'a and Sunni sources.<ref>Allama al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol.8, p.368.</ref> | ||
==In Theological Issues== | ==In Theological Issues== | ||