1. We were told by my father, and Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with them both, that they both said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Muhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, that he said: We were told by Nadr bin Shu’aib, from Abdul-Ghaffar al-Jazi, that he said: I was told by the one who asked him – meaning al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: Can there be disbelief that does not reach (the extent of) polytheism? He said: Indeed, disbelief is polytheism. Then he stood up and entered the mosque, and he turned to me and said: Yes, (that applies if) a man carries a narration to his companions, and so he does not teach him, and so he returns it to him. It is, then, a grace that he has rejected, and it does not reach polytheism.