ميتة جاهلية

النبي الاكرم(صلّی‌ ‌الله‌ عليه‌ وعلي آله و صحبه و سلم):

مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَعرِفْ إمَامَ زَمَانِهِ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً.
Any person who dies without having known the Imām of his time has in fact died as one who died during the Age of Ignorance.
صحيح بخاری، ج 5، ص 13