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Chapter: Doubting any of the twelve imams د بن يعقوب قال: حدثني عدة ٠د، عن ابن أبي نصر، عن أبي الحسن في قوله تعالى فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَ٠َا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَاءَهُ٠َّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى ٠ِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْ٠َن اتخَذ دينه رأيَه بغير إ٠(7) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from some of his companions from Ahmad bin Muhammad from ibn Abu Nasr that Imam Abul Hasan (ar-Redha) had said when talking about the Qur’anic verse, “…And who is more erring than he who follows his low desires without any guidance from Allah?” “It means one, who depends upon his own opinion in the affairs of religion without following an imam of the imams of guidance.”