28-18 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa and Abdullah ibn Amer ibn Sa’ed, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Najran, on the authority of Safvan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Bashir al-Dahan that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said,

“When the Prophet (MGB) was so ill that he (MGB) was about to die, he asked for Ali (MGB) and once Ali (MGB) came in, the Prophet (MGB) whispered things in his ears. When Ali (MGB) came out, they (i.e. Abu Bakr and Umar) asked Ali (MGB), “What did your friend (MGB) tell you?” Ali (MGB) said, “He taught me one gate which opens up to one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another one-thousand gates.”