٤ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) قَالَ إِنَّ الله خَلَقَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى النُّبُوَّةِ فَلا يَكُونُونَ إِلا أَنْبِيَاءَ وَخَلَقَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الإيمَانِ فَلا يَكُونُونَ إِلا مُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَعَارَ قَوْماً إِيمَاناً فَإِنْ شَاءَ تَمَّمَهُ لَهُمْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ سَلَبَهُمْ إِيَّاهُ قَالَ وَفِيهِمْ جَرَتْ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ وَقَالَ لِي إِنَّ فُلاناً كَانَ مُسْتَوْدَعاً إِيمَانُهُ فَلَمَّا كَذَبَ عَلَيْنَا سُلِبَ إِيمَانُهُ ذَلِكَ.
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Isma’il ibn Marrar from Yunus from certain individuals of our people from abu al-Hassan  who has said the following: ‘‘Allah has created the prophets with prophet-hood, thus, they are nothing else but prophets. He has created the believers upon belief and they are nothing else but believers. He has deposited belief in a people. If He wills He completes it in them and if He wishes He removes it from them.’ The Imam said, ‘About these people it is said, “. . . the permanent and transient. . . .” (6:98) The Imam said to me, ‘The belief of so and so was temporary. When he made false statements against us his belief was removed.’” 