1. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi al-Qad.hi reported to me from Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim, who reported from Muhammad ibn Abu al-Ambar, who reported from ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Waqid, from his father, from Abu Amru ibn al-Ala, from Abdullah ibn Buraidah, from Bashir ibn Ka’b, from Shaddad ibn Aws, who said: The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "The confirmation of faith by asserting ’there is no god but Allah’ fills half of the scale, and when one expresses praise and gratitude to Allah, the scale is fully supplemented."