2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Isma’il ibn Mehran from al-Hassan ibn Yusuf from Zakariya ibn m h from Salih ibn al-Hakam who has said the following: “I heard a man asking Abu ‘Abdillah ‘A man says he loves me. How can I know if he really loves me?’ The Imam said, ‘Test your own heart. If you love him, he also loves you.’”

3. Abu Bakr al-Habbal has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa al-Qattan al- Mada’ini who has said that I heard my father saying, ‘Mas’adah ibn al-Yasa’ who has said the following: “Once I said to abu Ja’far ‘By Allah, I love you.’ Abu Ja’far looked down for a short while then he raised his head and said, ‘O abu Bishr you have spoken the truth. Ask your heart about what my heart has of your love. My heart has informed me about what your heart has for me.’”

4. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from al-Hassan ibn al-Jahm who has said the following: “Once I said to abu al-Hassan ‘Do not forget me in your prayers.’ The Imam asked, ‘How do you know I forget you?’ I (the narrator) then thought in my soul and said to myself that he (Imam) prays for his Shi’a (followers) and I am a Shi’a. I then said to the Imam, ‘I know, you do not forget me in your prayers.’ The Imam asked, ‘How did you find out?’ I said, ‘You pray for your Shi’a and I am your Shi’a.’ The Imam asked, ‘Did you find out by any means other than that?’ I said, ‘No.’ The Imam said, ‘If you like to know what I have for you, see what you have for me in your heart.’”

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from al-Qasim ibn Sulayman from Jarrah al-Mada’ini from Abu ‘Abdillah who has said the following: “See your heart. If it dislikes your friend then notice that one of you have done something newly wrong.’”