2. My father, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Ibn Mughaira, from Abu’s-Sabah al-Kinani, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: Among the most difficult of what servants have done, is the individual’s fairness towards himself, the individual’s consolation with his brother and mentioning Allah in all cases. He said: I said: May Allah rectify you, and what is the indication of mentioning Allah in all cases? He said: That one mentions Allah at the committing of an act of disobedience that one intends, at which the mentioning of Allah appears between him and between that act of disobedience. That is the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Indeed, those who are godfearing, if they are touched by an impulse from Shaytan, they remember Allah, and at once they are insightful.» (7:201)

3. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from Hisham bin Salim, from Zurara, from Hasan al-Bazzaz, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said to me: Shall I not tell you of the most difficult which Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, obliged upon His creation? I said: Sure. (He said:) [1] That you are fair with people towards yourself, your consolation with your brother and mentioning Allah in every place. Alas, I am, indeed, saying, verily: «Glory be to Allah, and Praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is Greater». Although this is from that, however, (I mean) mentioning Allah in every place, (regardless) if you were to approach an act of obedience or an act of disobedience.

4. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Ibn Faddal, from Ali bin ‘Aqaba, from Abu’l-Jaroud, Mundhri al-Kindi, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The most difficult of acts are three: Fairness towards people from yourself until you are not pleased for yourself, from them, with anything except that you are pleased for them, from yourself, likewise; your consolation with a brother with regards to property; and mentioning Allah in all cases. It is not (to say) «Glory be to Allah, and Praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is Greater» only, however, (it is that) whenever something comes to you which Allah has ordered to, you take it, and when something comes to you which Allah has forbidden, you abandon it.

5. It has been narrated in another report from al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he was asked about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Mention Allah an abundant mentioning» (33:41): What is this mentioning in abundance? He said: The one who glorifies reciting the Glorification of (what was performed by) Fatima, peace be upon her, has certainly mentioned Allah an abundant mentioning.