Appointment of Muhammad bin Ahmad as representative

Muhammad Ibne Ibrahim Ibne Mahziyar said: At the demise of Imam Hasan Askari (a) doubts overwhelmed me.
This was while great amounts of Khums had been deposited with my father; so he carried them and boarded a ship. I went with him to accompany him. He got a very severe fever and said to me, “My son, take me back, take me back. This is death. And fear Allah in this Khums.” He confided his final will to me and died.
I said to myself that my father had not asked me to do anything wrong. I will carry these assets to Iraq and will rent a house there and will not inform anyone. If things became clear to me like their clarity in the days of Imam Hasan Askari (a), I will hand the assets over, or else, I will distribute them as alms.
I went to Iraq and rented a house by the river. I had remained there but a few days that a messenger brought a letter to me that said: O Muhammad, you have brought this and this in such and such parcels; recounting all of the assets that were with me of which I did not know myself. I gave the assets to the messenger. I remained there a few more days and was not given any attention, which made me rather sad.
Then a letter came, “We have placed you in the position of your father, so thank Allah.”

Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 518; Ithbatul Huda, Vol. 3, Pg. 658. Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4.pg.279

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