28-11 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa and Muhammad ibn Abdul Jab’bar, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqy, on the authority of Fuzalat ibn Ayoob, on the authority of Sayf ibn Umayrih, on the authority of Abu Bakr al-Hazrami, on the authority of his servant Hamzih ibn Rafe’a, on the authorityof the Prophet’s wife - Umma Salma that when the Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he (MGB) said, “‘Call in my friend.’ Then Ayesha sent someone after her father (Abu Bakr). When Abu Bakr came in, God’s Prophet (MGB) turned his face around and said, ‘Call in my friend.’ Then Abu Bakr returned and Hafsah (the daughter of Umar) sent someone after her father (Umar). When Umar came in, God’s Prophet (MGB) turned his face around and said, ‘Call in my friend.’ Then Umar went back and Fatimah (MGB) sent someone after Ali (MGB). When he (MGB) came, God’s Prophet (MGB) stood up. Ali (MGB) entered. Then the Prophet (MGB) covered Ali (MGB) with his own cloak. Ali (MGB) said, ‘The Prophet (MGB) told me one-thousand traditions each of which would produce another thousand traditions until the Prophet (MGB) and I both sweat so much that our perspiration wetted each other.”

28-12 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, and Ibrahim ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Himad al-Ansari, on the authority of Sabah al-Mazny, on the authority of Al-Harith ibn Hasira, on the authority of Al-Asbaq ibn al-Nobatat that he had heard the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) say, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught me one-thousand gates to the forbidden and the legitimate, what has been and what shall come all the way up until the Resurrection Day. Each of these gates opened one-thousand gates, so that they turned into one million gates. Thus, I acquired the knowledge of deaths, calamities and the Divine Decrees.”

28-13 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn al-Hassan al-Hassanjani quoted sa’id ibn Kasir ibn Afir, on the authority of Ibn Lahay’at and Rashdayn ibn Sa’ed, on the authority of Hurayz ibn Abdullah, on the authority of Aba Abdul Rahman al-Habali, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr, “When God’s Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he (MGB) said, ‘Call in my friend.’ They sent someone after Ali (MGB). When Ali (MGB) came in, the Prophet (MGB) and Ali (MGB) turned their faces towards the wall and pulled their cloak over their heads. The people were standing still outside the door until Ali (MGB) came out. A man asked him (MGB), ‘Did God’s Prophet (MGB) disclose any secrets to you?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘Yes. The Prophet (MGB) disclosed to me one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.’ The man said, ‘Did you memorize them?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘Yes. Moreover I understood them.’ The man asked, ‘What is the blackness that is in the moon?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God said, ‘We have made the Night and the Day as two(of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail.’’ The man told him, ‘O Ali! You truly understood it.’”

28-14 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Miskan, on the authority of Musa ibn Bakr, “I asked Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), ‘How much of one’s obligatory prayers must be compensated for if a person goes into a coma for one, two, three, four or more days?’ The Imam (MGB) replied, ‘I will give you a general instruction which covers this subject and whatever else of a similar nature. In any issue in which God prevents His servants from doing their duty, God accepts His servant’s excuse.’”Other narrators of this tradition have added that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) added, “’This is from those chapters which result in one-thousand chapters. This is one of the gates which opens up to one-thousand gates.”

28-15 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil Khat’tab, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Umar ibn Azineh, on the authority of Bakir ibn A’ayn, on the authority of Salim ibn Abi Hafasa that he had heard Aba Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) say, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand chapters each of which of which can open another one-thousand chapters. Bakir says, “Some of our companions went to the see Aba Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) and repeatedly inquired about (the validity of) this narration. It became clear that Salim (of Salim ibn Abi Hafasa) had told the truth. Bakir added, “The person who had heard this narration from Aba Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) narrated it for me. He (MGB) had said, ‘Out of these one-thousand chapters no more than one or two chapters has reached the people’s hands.’ More likely he (MGB) had said, ‘Only one chapter has reached the people’s hands.’”

28-16 Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masroor - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hussein ibn Muhammad ibn Amer quoted Mo’ali ibn Muhammad al-Basry, on the authority of Bastam ibn Marat, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Hisan, on the authority of Al-Haysam ibn Vaqid, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hassan al-Abdi, on the authority of Sa’ed ibn Tarif, on the authority of Al-Asbaq ibn al-Nobatat, “The Commander of theFaithful Imam Ali (MGB) ordered us to emigrate from Kufa to Madaen (in Persia). We left Kufa on Sunday. Amr ibn Harith and seven others stayed behind. They went to a place called Khoranq which is in Hireh. They said, ‘We will amuse ourselves here and move on Wednesday and join the Commander of the Faithful Ali (MGB) before he says the Friday prayers. While they were eating lunch, they saw a lizard. They hunted the lizard and Amr ibn Harith took it by hand, opened his palm and jokingly said, ‘This is the Commander of the Faithful! Pledge allegiance to him.’ Those seven individuals pledged allegiance to the lizard and Amr ibn Harith himself was the eighth person who pledged allegiance to the lizard. They returned on Wednesday night and arrived at Madaen on Friday. They did not disperse and were all together. The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) was delivering the Friday prayer sermon at the mosque. Once they came into the mosque, Ali (MGB) looked at them and said, “O people! God’s Prophet (MGB) disclosed one-thousand narrations to me each of which has one-thousand gates each of which has one-thousand keys. I heard God - may His Majesty be Exalted - say, ‘One day We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imams…’ I swear by God that there will be eight people who shall be resurrected with their leader which will be a lizard. I could name them one by one for you if I wish.”Asbaq added, “I saw that Amr ibn Harith had become so sorry and ashamed that he held his head down just like a date palm branch.”

28-17 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Hamzih al-Adowi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Zurarah that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) had said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate which opens up to one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another thousand gates.”

28-18 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa and Abdullah ibn Amer ibn Sa’ed, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Najran, on the authority of Safvan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Bashir al-Dahan that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “When the Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he asked for Ali (MGB) and once Ali (MGB) came in, the Prophet (MGB) whispered things in his ears. When Ali (MGB) came out, they (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) asked Ali (MGB), “What did your friend (MGB) tell you?” Ali (MGB) said, “He taught me one gate which opens up to one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.”

28-19 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad and Abdullah - the sons of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim, on the authority of Abi Hamzih al-Somali, on the authority of Abi Ishaq al-Sabi’e, on the authority of one of the trustworthy companions of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) that he had heard Ali (MGB) say, “There is a lot of knowledge in my heart which God’s Prophet (MGB) has taught me. I would have taught it to others if I could have found people who were trustworthy enough. I would have taught them so that they may acquire some knowledge since this knowledge is the key to every gate and each gate opens up to another thousand gates.”

28-20 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd and Ibrahim ibn, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Himad al-Ansari, on the authority of Sabah al-Mazny, on the authority of Harith ibn Hasira, on the authority of Al-Asbaq al-Nobatat that he had heard the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) say, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught me one-thousand gates to the forbidden and the legitimate, what has been and what shall come all the way up until the Resurrection Day. Each of these gates opened up to one-thousand gates, so that they turned into one million gates. Thus, I acquired the knowledge of deaths, calamities and the Divine Decrees.”

28-21 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hijal, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn al-Hussein al-Lu’lu’ee, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Jabir, on the authority of Abdul Karim ibn Amr, on the authority of Abdul Hameed ibn Abil Daylam that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) advised Ali (MGB) about one-thousand gates. Each gate opens up to one-thousand gates.”

28-22 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Bashir al-Bajaly, on the authority of Abi Yahya Mu’amir al-Qat’tan, on the authority of Bashir al-Dahan, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “When the Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, God’s Prophet said,‘Call my friend in.’ The two wives (Ayesha and Hafsah) of the Prophet (MGB) sent someone after their fathers, i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar. However, when the Prophet (MGB) saw them, he turned his face around and said, ‘Call in my friend.’ They sent someone after Ali (MGB). When Ali (MGB) came in, he faced Ali (MGB) and conversed with him. When Ali (MGB) came out, these two persons (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) asked Ali (MGB), ‘What did he (MGB) tell you?’ Ali (MGB) said, ‘He (MGB) told me about one-thousand gates each of which opens up to one-thousand gates.’”

28-23 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Yahya ibn Imran al-Hamedany, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul-Rahman, on the authority of Hisham ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Umar ibn Yazid, “I asked Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “Is what we have heard being God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand gates each of which opens all other gates true?” The Imam (MGB) replied, “Yes, It is true.” The Imam (MGB) told me, “The Prophet (MGB) taught him (MGB) a single gate which opens up to all of one- thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.”

28-24 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid and Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Abdul-Hamid, on the authority of Abi Hamzih al-Somali, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that Ali (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught me one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.”

28-25 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Fazal, (on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Fazal), on the authority of Abdullah Bakir, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Aba Abdullah that he had heard Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) say, “Indeed God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate which opens up to one-thousand gates each of which would open up to another one-thousand gates.”

28-26 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Muhammad ibn Abdul Jab’bar, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Hijal, on the authority of Sa’alabat ibn Maymun, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Hilal that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate to knowledge which opens the doors to one-thousand gates to knowledge each of which opens up to the gates to another one- thousand gates.”

28-27 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sa’id, on the authority of some friends, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Umar al-Halabi, on the authority of Abi Basir, “I went to see Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) and said, ‘The Shiites say that God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate to knowledge from which one-thousands gates to knowledge are opened.’ Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, ‘O Aba Muhammad! I swear by God that God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand gates. Each gate opens up to one-thousand gates.’ I said, ‘By God! This is true knowledge!’ Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, ‘This is solely for Ali (MGB) and no one else.’”

28-28 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Sandi ibn al-Muhammad al-Baz’zaz, on the authority of Safvan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Bashir, on the authority of his father Bashir al-Dahan that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “When God’s Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he (MGB) said, ‘Call my friend in.’ The two wives of the Prophet (MGB) sent someone after their fathers, i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar. However, when the Prophet (MGB) saw them, he turned his face around and said, “Call in my friend. They sent someone after Ali (MGB). When Ali (MGB) came in, He faced Ali (MGB) and conversed with him. When Ali (MGB) came out, these two persons (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) asked Ali (MGB), “What did he (MGB) tell you?” Ali (MGB) said, “He (MGB) told me the gates which open to one-thousand gates. Each gate opens up to one-thousand gates.”

28-29 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Marazim ibn Hakim al-Azodi that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.”

28-30 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad al-Walid and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali Fazzal, on the authority of Ali ibn Aqabah, on the authorityof Al-Harith ibn al-Muqayrih that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “When the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) buried Fatimah (MGB), Abu Bakr and Umar went to see him. During a long speech he (MGB) told them, “Considering your complaint concerning why I did not call you in for the task of the ritual ablutions of the dead (ghusl) for the Prophet (MGB), I should tell you that the Prophet (MGB) had told me that except for me whoever sees the Prophets (MGB) private parts would become blind. That is why I did not inform you. However, the reason I put my head near his ear was because the Prophet (MGB) taught me one-thousand letters each of which would explain one-thousand other letters. Since this was a Prophetic secret, I did not want you to become informed about it.”

28-31 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Yunus, on the authority of Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hazrami that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “Indeed God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand letters each of which opens up to one-thousand letters. Each of these letters open up to one-thousand letters.”

28-32 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hikam, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Hamzih, on the authority of Abi Basir that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “There was a booklet in the cover of the sword of God’s Prophet (MGB).”Abi Basir asked Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “What was written in that booklet?” The Imam (MGB) replied, “There were letters each of which opened up to one-thousand letters.”Abi Basir added, “Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “Only the interpretation of two of those letters has become clear up until now.”

28-33 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Musa ibn Sa’edan, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Qasim al-Hazrami, on the authority of Malik ibn Atiye, on the authority of Aban ibn Taqlib that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “Three-hundred and thirteen people (companions of the RiserAl-Mahdi (MGB)) will soon come to your mosque - that is in Mecca. The people of Mecca know they are not from their own race or that of their fathers and grandfathers. Each of them will have a sword in his hand. On each sword a word is illustrated that would open up to one-thousand words. A wind will blow in each valley and proclaim that this is Mehdi - the Savior (MGB). He will appear and judge based on truth like the family of David (MGB). He will not be asked for any witnesses.”

28-34 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Jabir and Abdul Karim ibn Amr, on the authority of Abdul Hameed ibn Abil Daylam that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) entrusted Ali (MGB) with a thousand doors each of which opened up to one-thousand words and doors.”

28-35 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Bashir al-Bajaly, on the authority of Zarih al-Maharebi that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God’s Prophet honored Ali with a cloak and then taught him a thousand words.”

28-36 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Mutevakil, Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, Hamzih ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Alavi, al-Hussein ibn Ibrahim ibn Natanat, al-Hussein ibn Ahmad ibn Hisham al-Mo’adab and Ahmad ibn Zyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamedany - may the Sublime God be pleased with them - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted hi father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih that had heard Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sani (MGB) say, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand words. Each word opened up to one-thousand new words.”

28-37 Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn Idris - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, Ali ibn Isma’il ibn Isa, and Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Ubaydullah, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Maymun al-Qad’dah, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand words each of which opened up to one-thousand new words. He did not tell the people what the Prophet (MGB) had taught him.”

28-38 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih, Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil Khat’tab, on the authority of Al-Nazr ibn Shoayb, on the authority of Khalid ibn Mad al-Qalansi, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Jo’afy that Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB) said, “A man went to Ali (MGB) when he (MGB) was on the pulpit and asked, ‘O Commander of the Faithful! Will you let me say what I have heard Ammar ibn Yasir quote on the authority of God’s Prophet (MGB)?’ Then the Commander of the Faithful (MGB) said, ‘Fear God and do not ascribe to Ammar anything other than what he said.’ Ali (MGB) repeated this thrice. Then Ali (MGB) told the man, ‘Express what you heard him say.’ The man said, ‘I heard Ammar say that he had heard God’s Prophet (MGB) say, ‘I fight the polytheists with Revelations while Ali (MGB) fights them with interpretation of Revelations.’ Then the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) said, ‘Ammar spoke the truth. By the Lord of the Ka’ba this is just one of the thousand words entrusted to me.’”

28-39 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa and Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Fazzal, on the authority of Abil Miqra Hameed ibn al-Masna al-Ajali, on the authority of Zarih ibn Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Maharebi, “I heard Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) say, ‘We are the successors of the Prophets.’ Then he (MGB) added, ‘God’s Prophet (MGB) honored Ali (MGB) with a cloak and then taught him (MGB) one-thousand words which open up to the doors to all words.’”

28-40 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Yaqoob ibn Yazid and Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Hazim, on the authority of Abi Hamzih al-Somali, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand words which open up to the doors to all words (each of which open up to the doors to all words).”

28-41 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sa’id, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Zakwan, on the authority of Sa’edibn Tarif, on the authority of Al-Asbaq al-Nobatat that he had heard Ali (MGB) say, “God’s Prophet (MGB) told me one-thousand narrations each of which has one-thousand chapters.”

28-42 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Valeed and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil-Khat’tab, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Bashir al-Bajaly and al-Hassan ibn Fazal, on the authority of Al-Masni ibn al-Valeed al-Han’nat, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Hazim, on the authority of Bakr ibn Habib, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB), “When God’s Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he (MGB) said, ‘Call in my friend.’ Then both Ayesha and Hafasa sent someone after their fathers (Abu Bakr and Umar). When they came in, God’s Prophet (MGB) covered up his face. Then Abu Bakr and Umar returned. Then the Prophet (MGB) uncovered his face and said, ‘Call in my friend.’ Again both Ayesha and Hafasa sent someone after their fathers - Abu Bakr and Umar. When they came in, God’s Prophet (MGB) covered up his face again. Then Abu Bakr and Umar said ‘We do not think that God’s Prophet (MGB) wants to see us.’ Ayesha and Hafasa said ‘When the Prophet (MGB) said ‘Call in my friend’ we hoped that he (MGB) wants to see you.’ Meanwhile the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) came in. When the Prophet (MGB) saw Ali (MGB), he hugged him and whispered one-thousand narrations to him each of which has one-thousand chapters.”