22-16 The jurisprudent Abul Hassan Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Yunus ibn Hayat - narrated in Balkh that Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Haravy quoted Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Sawar, on the authority of Ali ibn Hijr al-Sae’di, on the authority of Sa’id ibn Najih, on the authority of Ata ibn Abi Ribah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas that God’s Prophet (MGB) said,

“I would intercede on behalf of whoever from my nation who memorizes forty traditions.”