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مَنِ ادَّعَى الْإِمَامَةَ وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa fromAli ibn al-Hakam fromAban from al-Fudayl from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Whoever would claim to be the Imam and in fact he would not be the Imam he would be a unbeliever.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary2 available sources
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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2- مجهولAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/192)
- لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi