188- Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari has narrated from his father from Ali bin Sulaiman bin Rashid from Hasan bin Ali Khazzaz that once Ali bin Abi Hamza came to Imam Ali Ridha and asked: “Are you an Imam?” “Yes,” said the Imam. He said: “But I have heard your grandfather say that Imam is only one who has an issue and heir.” He said: “O Shaykh, have you forgotten? This is not what he said; His Eminence, Ja’far has said something besides this. He said: No one becomes imam [true or false], but that he should have a successor, except for the [false] imam against whom Husain bin Ali rose up. He did not have a successor.” He said: “You have said the truth, may I be sacrificed on you. I heard in the same way from your grandfather.”