Refutation of ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar’s Claim to the Imamate

ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm, from his father, from Muḥammad b. Abī ʿUmayr, from Muḥammad b. Ḥumrān, or someone else, from Abī’l-Ḥasan Mūsā عليه السلام. The transmitter said: “I said to him (Imam al-Kāẓim عليه السلام): “Was ʿAbd Allāh an Imam?” He replied: “He had never been such as that, nor was he befitting of that, nor was he suitable for that.”