6. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from Mu‘ammar ibn Khallad who has said the following. “Once in the presence of abu al-Hassan we spoke about an issue, Imamat, (Leadership with Divine Authority). It was after the birth oof abu Ja‘far . The Imam said, “You do not need any such thing (thinking who the Imam will be). This is abu Ja‘far . I have placed him in my own place and made him to assume my position.”