Chapter on narrating books and Hadith (The virtue of writing and its preservation)

14. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Umar ibn ’Abd al-‘Aziz from Hisham ibn Salim, Hammed ibn ‘Uthman and others who said: Abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام said, ‘My Hadith is the Hadith of my father. The Hadith of my father is the Hadith of my grandfather. The Hadith of my grandfather is the Hadith of al-Husayn. The Hadith of al-Husayn is the Hadith of al-Hasan. The Hadith of al-Hasan is the Hadith of Amir al-Mu'mineen عليه السلام. The Hadith of Amir al-Mu'mineen is the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah is the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious.’