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One hundred and eighteen narratives have been handed down to us, which point that the Earth would never be without God’s proof.
Allame Majlesi collected these narratives in the chapter “Al-Iztirar Ela al-Hujjah” [Necessity of God’s proof] of Biḥār al-ʾAnwār
Also the late Kulayni has mentioned such narratives in the book “Kāfī”; the chapter “Kitab Al-Hujjah”. For example: