4-133 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil Khat’tab, on the authority of Ali ibn Asbat, on the authority of Salim - the servant of Tarbal that he had heard Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) say,

“The world is making progress. Whatever you earn in this world, you earn it despite your weaknesses. Yet, you may lose some thing and not be able to hold on to them with all your strength.”He (MGB) then added, “Whoever forgets about what he has lost is in comfort, and whoever is pleased with what he has been granted will be cheerful.”