The Forty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Ninth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar رحمه الله narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to me from his father from Yunus b. `Abd al-Rahman from `Abdullah b. Sinan from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his forefathers عليه السلام from al-Hasan b. `Ali عليه السلام. He said: Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib عليه السلام was asked: What keeps faith steadfast? So, he said: Piety. So, it was said to him: What causes it to decline? He said: Greed.