 ٥ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْفَضْلِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَأَجْرَيْتُ اخْتِلافَ الشِّيعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَمْ يَزَلْ مُتَفَرِّداً بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ مُحَمَّداً وَعَلِيّاً وَفَاطِمَةَ فَمَكَثُوا أَلْفَ دَهْرٍ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ جَمِيعَ الاشْيَاءِ فَأَشْهَدَهُمْ خَلْقَهَا وَأَجْرَى طَاعَتَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَفَوَّضَ أُمُورَهَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَهُمْ يُحِلُّونَ مَا يَشَاءُونَ وَيُحَرِّمُونَ مَا يَشَاءُونَ وَلَنْ يَشَاءُوا إِلا أَنْ يَشَاءَ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذِهِ الدِّيَانَةُ الَّتِي مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا مَرَقَ وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا مَحَقَ وَمَنْ لَزِمَهَا لَحِقَ خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ.
 5. Al-Husayn b. Muhammad al-Asha‘ari has narrated from Mu‘alla b. Muhammad from Abul Fadl ‘Abdallah b. Idris from Muhammad b. Sinan who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of Abu Ja‘far the second  and I mentioned the differences among the Shi‘a. The Imam  said: “O Muhammad, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is One in his being eternal. He created Muhammad, Ali and Fatima . They were there for a thousand Dahr. Then He created all other things. He made them witness the creation of all other things, made obedience to them obligatory and gave them control of the affairs of the creation. They can, thus, make lawful whatever they would wish and unlawful whatever they would wish and they would never wish anything unless Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, would wish. He then said, “O Muhammad, this is a religion that if exaggerated, would lead to extremism and ignoring it would cause degradation. Those holding to it properly will have proper contact. Keep it with you, O Muhammad.”