his designation of one of his sons after his death to various types of false claims. and when they attributed to us that we appoint the imam based on our desires and our choice and they resented that from us we revealed to them in the hereafter that we do not present anyone except those whom allah has presented. for the imamate according to us is established by thorns and thorns are established by allegiance and allegiance is not achieved except by allah the most high turning hearts by force to obedience and loyalty. and this is beyond the capacity of human beings and what indicates it is that if a great number of people whose numbers cannot be counted were to gather together they would turn the faces of creation and their beliefs away from loyalty to the imamate. the abbasids in general and those who supported the mustazhiri state may god support it with perpetuity in particular spent their lives in tricks and means and preparing the causes and means and in the end they did not obtain anything but disappointment and deprivation.
تنصيصه على أحد أولاده بعد موته إلى ضروب من الدعاوى الباطلة ولما نسبونا إلى أنا ننصب الإمام بشهوتنا واختيارنا ونقموا ذلك منا كشفنا لهم بالآخرة أنا لسنا نقدم إلا من قدمه الله فان الامامة عندنا تنعقد بالشوكة والشوكة تقوم بالمبايعة والمبايعة لا تحصل إلا بصرف الله تعالى القلوب قهرا إلى الطاعة والموالاة وهذا لا يقدر عليه البشر ويدلك عليه انه لو اجمع خلق كثير لا يحصى عددهم على أن يصرفوا وجوه الخلق وعقائدهم عن الموالاة للامامة العباسية عموما وعن المشايعة للدولة المستظهرية أيدها الله بالدوام خصوصا لافنوا اعمارهم في الحيل والوسائل وتهيئة الاسباب والوصائل ولم يحصلوا في اخر الامور الا على الخيبة والحرمان