28-21 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hijal, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn al-Hussein al-Lu’lu’ee, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Jabir, on the authority of Abdul Karim ibn Amr, on the authority of Abdul Hameed ibn Abil Daylam that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said,

“God’s Prophet (MGB) advised Ali (MGB) about one-thousand gates. Each gate opens up to one-thousand gates.”