 أَبِی ره عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِی هَاشِمٍ الْبَزَّازِ الْأَسَدِیِّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنِ ادَّعَی الْإِمَامَهَ وَ لَیْسَ بِإِمَامٍ فَقَدِ افْتَرَی عَلَی اللَّهِ وَ عَلَی رَسُولِهِ وَ عَلَیْنَا.
3. Abi (rah) from Sa’d b. Abdillah from Muhammad b. al-Hussain from Abdulrahman b. Abi Hashim al-Bazaz al-Asadi from Dawud b. Farqad from Abi Abdillah  who said: “One who claims to be an Imam while he is not, has associated lie with Allah, His Messenger and me.”