Something said about a man and it is not in him but is found in his sons or grand sons than it is as if it is in him

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى عِمْرَانَ أَنِّي وَاهِبٌ لَكَ ذَكَراً سَوِيّاً مُبَارَكاً يُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ وَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ جَاعِلُهُ رَسُولًا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَحَدَّثَ عِمْرَانُ امْرَأَتَهُ حَنَّةَ[1] بِذَلِكَ وَ هِيَ أُمُّ مَرْيَمَ فَلَمَّا حَمَلَتْ كَانَ حَمْلُهَا بِهَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِهَا غُلَامٌ- فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْها قالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُها أُنْثى‌ ...

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim his father all from ibn Mahbub from al-Ri’ab from Abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who said: “Allah, the Most High, revealed to ʿImrān: “I will grant you a righteous and blessed son who will cure the blind and the leper and bring the dead

إِذَا قُلْنَا فِي رَجُلٍ قَوْلًا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ وَ كَانَ فِي وَلَدِهِ أَوْ وَلَدِ وَلَدِهِ فَلَا تُنْكِرُوا ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى‌ يَفْعَلُ ما يَشاءُ.

“If we would say something about a man and it would not be found in him but it would be found in his sons or his grandsons you must not reject it. It is because Allah does what he wants.”

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ قَدْ يَقُومُ الرَّجُلُ بِعَدْلٍ أَوْ بِجَوْرٍ وَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَامَ بِهِ فَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ ابْنَهُ أَوِ ابْنَ ابْنِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَهُوَ هُوَ.

“I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, ‘Sometimes a man is considered as practicing justice or acting unjustly and such acts are ascribed to him even if he may not have committed them but such acts are found in his sons or his grandsons after him then he will be it (the one who has in reality his practiced such acts).”