1-72 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Abu Sa’id Sahl ibn Zyad al-Adamy, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn al-Hussein al-Lu’lu’ee, on the authority of Ali ibn Hafs al-Abasi, on the authority of Al-Salt ibn al-Ala’, on the authority of Abil-Hozoor, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “The people were created from several roots. Ibn Abi Talib and I were created from the same root. Ali is my trunk, and Ja’far is my branch.”