٤ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) عَجَباً لِلْمُخْتَالِ الْفَخُورِ وَإِنَّمَا خُلِقَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ جِيفَةً وَهُوَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ لا يَدْرِي مَا يُصْنَعُ بِهِ.
4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ‘Isa ibn al-Dahhak who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far  has said, ‘It is astonishing how one acts boastfully and arrogantly, when it is a fact that he is created from sperm and he will soon turn into a carcass and, in between, he does not know what may happen to him.’” 