AL-MUFADDHAL HAS SAID,I ASKED IMAM JAFAR IBN MUHAMMAD (PRAYERS BE UPON HIM)IN REGARDS TO THE BABY WHO LAUGHS FOR NO APPARENT REASON N WHO CRIES EVEN THOUGH HE IS'NT HURT?
HE IMAM JAFAR IBN MUHAMMAD (PRAYERS BE UPON HIM)REPLIED,
"O MUFADDHAL!THERE IS'NT A SINGLE BABY EXCEPT THAT HE SEES THE IMAM N SPEAKS WITH HIM SO THEN HIS CRYING DUE TO THE IMAM GOING AWAY FROM HIM AND HIS SMILING IS (WHEN HE THE IMAM COMES BACK TO SEE HIM)
THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THT TIME THAT THE CHILD BEGINS TO SPEAK AT WHICH TIME THIS DOOR (TO THE IMAM) IS CLOSED TO HIM AND HIS HEART MADE TO FORGET WHAT HE HAS SEEN AND HEARD
(OF THE IMAM)SO THAT HE WOULD NOT CONVEY THIS TO OTHERS)