[1] Notice how, despite being a son of Imam al-Ṣādiq صلوات الله عليه himself, Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar speaks of a son of the Imam in the third-person while narrating. This indicates that: (1) Ismāʿīl was never Imam al-Ṣādiq’s صلوات الله عليه true and intended heir to the Imamate; and (2) Ismāʿīl was aware of this for as long as he was alive, which was entirely within the lifespan of his own father, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad صلوات الله عليهما.