| Code |
Section |
Principle (Subject) |
Number of
attestations |
Number of
considerations |
Principle (Subject) |
| 1 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Indeed, I am the Appointer of a Caliph on the earth” (Al-Baqarah/ 30) |
0 |
7 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 7
|
| 2 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And among those who, We have created there are some who guide with the truth and establish justice with it” (Al-A‘raf/ 181) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 3 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And there is a guide for every nation” (Ar-Ra‘d/ 7) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 4 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“On the Day when We call every people with their Imam” (Al-Isra/ 71) |
0 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 5 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“He said: ‘I am going to appoint you as an Imam for people!’ He said: ‘And also my descendants?’ He said: ‘My covenant does not reach the oppressors!’” (Al-Baqarah/ 124) |
0 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 6 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And grant me a truthful tongue among future generations” (Ash-Shu‘ara/ 84) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 7 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“God promised those of you who believed and did righteous deeds that He will surely appoint them as Caliphs on the earth” (An-Nur/ 55) |
0 |
5 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 5
|
| 8 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“So why were there among the ages before you no remnants who would forbid corruption on the earth except for a few of those whom We saved from among them?!” (Hud/ 116) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 9 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“So if they disbelieve in it, We entrust it to another people who will not disbelieve in it” (Al-An‘am/ 89) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 10 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And on the heights, there are men who recognize all by their faces” (Al-A‘raf/ 46) |
0 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 11 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“O you who believed! Obey God and obey the Prophet and those in authority from among you” (An-Nisa/ 59) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 12 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“O you who believed! Fear God and be with the truthful” (At-Tawbah/ 119) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 13 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And make us die with the righteous” (Al Imran/ 193) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 14 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Ask the people of remembrance if you do not know” (An-Nahl/ 43; Al-Anbya/ 7) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 15 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“(He is) the Most Compassionate! Ask the well-informed of Him” (Al-Furqan/ 59) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 16 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And there exists a more knowledgeable person above every possessor of knowledge” (Yusuf/ 76) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 17 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Hold firmly to the rope of God all together and do not become divided” (Al Imran/ 103) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 18 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“They were struck by ignominy wherever they are found, except with a rope from God and a rope from people” (Al Imran/ 112) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 19 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Say: ‘God and whoever has knowledge of the Book are sufficient as witnesses among me and you’” (Ar-Ra‘d/ 43) |
0 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 20 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Is he the one who has clear proof from his Lord, followed by a witness” (Hud/ 17) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 21 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Say: ‘The is my way that I invite toward God with insight, I and whoever follows me’” (Yusuf/ 108) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 22 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“And others from among them who have not yet joined them, and He is the Mighty, the Wise” (Al-Jum‘ah/ 3) |
0 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 23 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“Then He will grant you two portions of His mercy and place for you a light to walk in” (Al-Hadid/ 28) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 24 |
Verses of the Quran that indicate it. |
“In houses that God has permitted to be raised up” (An-Nur/ 36) |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 25 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always be steadfast upon the truth,” the Hadith of Thawban |
2 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 2
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 26 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always fight upon the truth,” the Hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah |
3 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 3
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 27 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always fight upon the truth,” the Hadith of Imran ibn Husain |
3 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 3
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 28 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always be upon the truth,” the Hadith of Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas |
1 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 29 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always be upon the truth,” the Hadith of Umar |
2 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 2
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 30 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A group of my Ummah will always fight for the command of God,” the Hadith of Uqba ibn Amir |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 31 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A group of my Ummah will always be victorious,” the Hadith of Qurrah ibn Iyas |
1 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 32 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A group of my Ummah will always rise upon the truth,” the Hadith of Salamah ibn Nufail |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 33 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always fight for the truth,” the Hadith of Anas ibn Malik |
1 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 34 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“A number of my Ummah will always be upon the truth,” the Hadith of Abu Hurairah |
4 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 4
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 35 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Prophet that indicate it. |
“Every people will be called with the Imam of their time, the Book of their Lord, and the Sunnah of their Prophet,” the Hadith of Ali |
7 |
5 |
Number of attestations: 7
Number of considerations: 5
|
| 36 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Yes, O God! The earth does not remain empty of one who rises for God upon the proof, whether he is visible and famous or hidden and unknown,” the Hadith of Kumayl ibn Ziyad |
4 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 4
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 37 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“God said: ‘I am willing to create a being with My own hands and appoint his offspring as dispatched Prophets, righteous servants, and guided Imams and appoint them as My Caliphs over My created being on My earth,’” the Hadith of Abu Ja‘far |
3 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 3
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 38 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“And there is a guide for every nation”: “Every Imam is a guide for every nation in their time,” the Hadith of Muhammad ibn Muslim |
1 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 39 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“And there is a guide for every nation”: “Every Imam is a guide for the generation that he is among them,” the Hadith of Fudayl ibn Yasar |
1 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 40 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“We call every people with their Imam”: “We call every generation of this Ummah with their Imam,” the Hadith of Ya’qub ibn Shu’aib |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 41 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“And among those whom We have created there are some who guide with the truth, and establish justice with it”: “They are the Imams,” the Hadith of Abdullah ibn Sanan |
1 |
2 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 2
|
| 42 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“God said: ‘Indeed, I will not leave the earth be unless there is a scholar on it who knows My obedience and guidance and is the source of salvation from the time of a Prophet’s demise until the arrival of another Prophet,’” the Hadith of Abd al-Karim and others |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 43 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“I swear to God, God the Exalted, the Majestic has not left the earth be since He took Adam from the world unless there is an Imam on it, through whom the path to God the Exalted, the Majestic is found, and he is God’s proof over His servants,” the Hadith of Dharih |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 44 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Since Adam, peace be upon him, passed away, God the Exalted, the Majestic has not left the earth be without an Imam through whom the path to God the Exalted, the Majestic is found, and he is the proof over the servants,” the Hadith of Safwan ibn Yahya |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 45 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth does not remain a day without God’s proof over people,” the Hadith of Yazid al-Kunasi |
2 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 2
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 46 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“No scholar passed away unless he left behind someone who knew the like of his knowledge or whatever God willed,” the Hadith of Fudayl ibn Yasar |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 47 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Is it not that from the time of Nuh, peace be upon him, until now, there always has been someone among people whom they have been commanded to obey? It always has been so, but most of them do not believe,” the Hadith of Mu‘alla ibn Khunais |
1 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 48 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth will not remain unless there is a scholar on it,” the Hadith of Ya‘qub ibn Shu‘aib |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 49 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth has (never) existed unless there has been a scholar on it,” the Hadith of Sulayman ibn Khalid |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 50 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Does the earth remain empty of an Imam? No,” the Hadith of Hasan ibn Bashshar |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 51 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Does the earth remain a day without an Imam? No,” the Hadith of Husain ibn Abi al-Ala |
5 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 5
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 52 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“People are not settled except with an Imam, and the earth is not reformed except with an Imam,” the Hadith of Hasan ibn Ziyad |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 53 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth will not remain unless there is proof on it. Nothing but this brings people to peace, and nothing but this reforms the earth,” the Hadith of Hasan ibn Ziyad |
1 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 54 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Will the earth remain except while there is a scholar on it? No, I swear to God, for their lawful matters and their unlawful matters and what they need,” the Hadith of Hasan ibn Ziyad |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 55 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Indeed, the earth is not left without a scholar whom people need and who does not need people and teaches what is lawful and what is unlawful,” the Hadith of Harith ibn Mughairah |
1 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 56 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Indeed, God has not left the earth without a scholar, and if it had not been so, the truth would not have been known from the falsehood,” the Hadith of Abu Basir |
2 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 2
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 57 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Indeed, God has not left the earth unless there is a scholar on it who knows excess and defect so that when the believers exceed, he has them return, and if they diminish, he perfects for them, then he says: ‘Take it in its perfect form,’” the Hadith of Abu Basir |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 58 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth never remains empty of a man who knows the truth so that when people increased it, he says: ‘They have increased (it),’ and when they diminished it, he says: ‘They have diminished (it),’ and when they bring it (purely and perfectly), he confirms them,” the Hadith of Abu Hamzah |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 59 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“God has not left the earth unless there is a scholar on it who knows excess and defect so that whenever the believers add something, he has them return, and whenever they decrease something, he perfects for them,” the Hadith of Abu al-Sabbah |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 60 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“God has not left the earth without a scholar who decreases whatever they increase and increases whatever they decrease, and if it had not been so, the affairs of people would have been mixed for them,” the Hadith of Abd al-A‘la ibn A‘yan |
0 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 61 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Indeed, the earth does not remain empty of an Imam on it that if the believers increase something, he has them return, and if they decrease something, he perfects for them,” the Hadith of Ishaq ibn Ammar |
4 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 4
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 62 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Does the earth remain without a visible living scholar whom people take refuge with about their lawful matters and unlawful matters? At that time, God will not be worshiped,” the Hadith of Ya‘qub Sarraj |
4 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 4
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 63 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The earth does not remain without a visible or hidden Imam,” the Hadith of Muhammad ibn Muslim |
0 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 0
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 64 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Does the earth remain without an Imam? I seek refuge with God, it does not remain an hour, in that case, it will surely sink,” the Hadith of Ahmad ibn Umar Hallal |
7 |
0 |
Number of attestations: 7
Number of considerations: 0
|
| 65 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“And if there had not been one of God’s proofs on the earth, the earth would have thrown out everything it has in it and crumbled everything it has on it,” the Hadith of Zurarah ibn A‘yan |
1 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 1
Number of considerations: 1
|
| 66 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“Is it possible that an Imam passes away without leaving behind a son (to succeed him)? It is not possible unless God is angry with His created beings, then He does not spare them,” the Hadith of Zurarah ibn A‘yan |
6 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 6
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 67 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“If there are only two people on the earth, one of them will surely be an Imam,” the Hadith of Yunus ibn Ya‘qub |
6 |
3 |
Number of attestations: 6
Number of considerations: 3
|
| 68 |
Authentic Hadiths from the Ahl al-Bayt that indicate it. |
“The proof was before people, is with people, and will be after people,” the Hadith of Aban ibn Taghlib |
2 |
1 |
Number of attestations: 2
Number of considerations: 1
|
