On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

28-63 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Obayd ibn Hilal that he had heard Abul Hassan Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم say, “I like that a believer be an innovator.” Obayd ibn Hilal asked the Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, “What do you mean by innovator?” The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, “I mean that he be one who understands things.”