Sleeping and being awake is same for the Imam

It is narrated from Aqra that he said:
I wrote to Imam Hasan Askari (a) asking him if Imams experience wet dreams?
I said to myself after the letter had gone, “Wet dream is something Satanic, and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has protected those whom He has given authority against such things.”
The answer came: “The condition of the Imams when asleep is the same as when they are awake. Sleep does not change anything in them. Allah has given protection to those whom He has given authority from Satanic encounters as you mentioned to yourself.”

Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 509; Al-Kharaij, Vol. 1, Pg. 446, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,pg.186

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