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H 78 - Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr said: Ibn Najjashi asked: Who is the Imam after your companion [Imam Ridha (a.s)]? I went to Imam Ridha (a.s) and asked about it. Imam (a.s) said: The Imam after me is my son. After that he said: Can anyone who does not have a son, dare to say: ‘My son’?
78- وقال أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر: قال ابن النجاشي: من الإمام بعد صاحبكم؟ فدخلت على أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام فأخبرته،فقال: الإمام بعدي ابني؟ ثم قال: هل يجرؤ أحد أن يقول ابني وليس له ولد؟!
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