The Birth of Abu Ja‘far, Muhammad ibn Ali, the Second عليه السلام

8. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Salj ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn al-Hakam who has said the following. “Di‘bil ibn Ali once went to see abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام and he ordered his people to give him a certain gift but he did thank Allah.” The narrator has said that the Imam عليه السلام said to him, “Why did you not thank Allah?” The narrator has said that then I went to see abu Ja‘far عليه السلام and ordered his people to give a gift and I said, “All praise belongs to Allah.” The Imam عليه السلام said, “You just demonstrated your discipline.”