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ahmad:16876 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr > ʿĀṣim > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies without an Imam, dies the death of Jahiliyyah."  

أحمد:١٦٨٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ إِمَامٍمَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَرْكِ اعْتِقَادِ الْمَرْءِ الْإِمَامَ الَّذِي يُطِيعُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي أَسْبَابِهِ

ibnhibban:4573 – Abū Yaʿlá > Muḥammad b. Yazīd b. Rifāʿah > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies without having an imam (leader), dies the death of ignorance."  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ إِمَامٌ مَاتَ مَيْتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً»  

tabarani:17021 – Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿIrq al-Ḥimṣī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Ḍamḍam b. Zurʿah > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies without an Imam, dies a death of ignorance."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِرْقٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ ضَمْضَمِ بْنِ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ إِمَامٍ مَاتَ مَيْتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً»