62 and this reverence does not sanctify them, knowing that if they appear on the stage of life and people see how they rule and how they commit what God has forbidden, they will fall from their eyes. But as long as they are oppressed, hidden, and concentrated in their call, sympathy for them will remain among the people. Therefore, he decided to appoint Ali Al-Ridha after him, as it was told that a king used to have his minister ask him for the people's demands every day, and the king would refuse them. When the king died and his son succeeded him, who was wiser than his father, the minister went to him to ask for these demands. The king said, "I have granted you everything you ask for." The minister cried out at this answer because he only knew that he was living on illusion and deception. If all the people's demands were met, his illusion and deception would vanish, and his true nature would be known. All of this is in ancient times.