hadith
2354
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever associates with an Imam chosen by Allah a leader whose leadership is not endorsed by Allah, [is tantamount to having] ascribed a partner to Allah.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنْ أشْرَكَ مَعَ إمامٍ إمامتُهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّهِ مَنْ لَيسَتْ إمامَتُهُ مِنَ اللّهِ كانَ مُشْرِكاً باللّهِ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #962 “Whoever associates with an Imam whose Imamah is from Allah, while his Imamah not from Allah, then he is associating partners with Allah.”
- Kitāb al-Ghayba #108 “He, who joins to an imam, whose imamate is from Allah, another imam, whose imamate is not from Allah, is a polytheist.”