(7) The same previous series of narrators from al-Hasan bin...

(7) The same previous series of narrators from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from al-Hasan as-Sariy that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said: “When I tell someone a tradition and he spreads it as he hears it from me, he will deserve to be cursed and repudiated.”[^9] He meant that if that someone would spread the tradition among those who were not reliable or qualified. Imam as-Sadiq’s saying showed that he wanted some of the traditions to be kept secret and not to be spread.

8 - وبه عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن القاسم الصيرفي، ابن مسكان قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله يقول: قومٌ يزعُمون إنيّ إمامُهم. واللهِ ما أنا لهم بإمامٍ! لَعنهُمُ اللهُ كلَّما سَترتُ سِتراً هَتكوهُ. أقولُ كذا وكذا، فَيقولونَ إنمّا يعني كذا وكذا. إنمّا أنا إمامُ مَن أطاعَني. (8) The previous series of narrators from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from al-Qassim as-Sayrafi that ibn Miskan had said: I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: Some people pretend that I am their imam.

By Allah, I am not their imam. May Allah curse them. Whenever I put a curtain they tore it! I say so and so and they say: he means so and so. Definitely I am the imam of whoever obeys me.”[^10] 9 - وبه عن الحسن، عن كرام الخثعمي قال: قال أبو عبد الله: أما واللهِ لو كانتْ على أفواهِكم أوكِيَةً لحدَّثتُ كُلَّ امرئٍ منكُم بما لهُ، واللهِ لَو وَجَدتُ أتقِياءَ