 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی الْمِعْزَی عَنْ ذَرِیحٍ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مِنَّا الْإِمَامُ الْمَفْرُوضُ طَاعَتُهُ مَنْ جَحَدَهُ مَاتَ یَهُودِیّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِیّاً وَ اللَّهِ مَا تُرِکَ الْأَرْضُ مُنْذُ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ ع إِلَّا وَ فِیهَا إِمَامٌ یُهْتَدَی بِهِ إِلَی اللَّهِ حُجَّهً عَلَی الْعِبَادِ مَنْ تَرَکَهُ هَلَکَ وَ مَنْ لَزِمَهُ نَجَا حَقّاً عَلَی اللَّهِ.
2. And from the previous chain from Ahmad b. Abi al-Mi’za from Dharih from Abi Hamzah from Abi Abdillah  who said: “We are the Imams whose obedience is obligatory. One who denies us, will die as a Jew or a Christian. I swear by Allah, this earth is not deprived of a guiding Imam since the passing away of Prophet Adam . They are proofs of Allah on His servants. Whoever kept away from them were destroyed and Allah guarantees salvation for those who obey them.”