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ابنداذ، قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن هلال، عن أبي ٠ي، عن أبي السفاتج، عن أبي بصير، قال: قلت له٠ا (لأبي عبد الله أو لأبي جعفر ): أيكون أن يفضي هذا الأ٠يبلغ؟ قال: سيكون ذلك. قلت: ف٠ا يصنع؟ قال: يورثه عل٠اً وكتباً ولا يكله إلى نفسه.

(2) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Abu Malik al-Hadhrami from Abu as-Safatij that Abu Baseer had said: “I said to one of them-Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) or Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as): “Can this matter (imamate) be entrusted to one, who is not adult yet?” He said: “It will be so.” I said: “How does he (the young imam) act?” He said: “Allah grants him with knowledge and wisdom and does not make him follow his fancies.”