in a group of imams they claimed that he left a son or did not leave a son and they differed in appointing the imamate in some of them and they differed in his appearance. some said that the imam is present but he does not appear out of taqiyya and others said that it is apparent. so how did their companions disagree with them even if they had known that through a continuous text? so how did they accept it from the individuals if it was not continuous? and the statement of the individuals does not bequeath except suspicion. so it became clear that what they mentioned was a desire for something that is not desired and a panic in something that is not panicked. their example in fleeing from the path of contemplation to the path of the text is an example of whoever tends from wetness to drowning the first path is closer to confusion than this path.
في جماعة من الأئمة بزعمهم انه خلف ولدا او لم يخلف واختلفوا في تعيين الإمامة في بعضهم واختلفوا في ظهوره فقال قائلون الإمام موجود ولكنه ليس يظهر تقية وقال آخرون هوظاهر فكيف خالفهم اصحابهم وان كانوا قد عرفوا ذلك بنص متواتر فكيف قبلوه من الآحاد ان لم يكن متواتر وقول الآحاد لا يورث إلا الظن فاستبان ان ما ذكروه طمع في غير مطمع وفزع الى غير مفزع ومثالهم في الفرار من مسلك النظر الى مسلك النص مثال من يميل من البلل الى الغرق فإن المسلك الأول أقرب إلى التلبيس من هذا المسلك