4-27 Ali ibn al-Hussein ibn Sufyan ibn Yaqoob ibn al-Harith ibn Ibrahim al-Hamedany narrated in his house in Kufa that Abu Abdullah Ja’far ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Azodi quoted Ali ibn Bazraj al-Hanat, on the authority of Amr ibn al-Yasee’a, on the authority of Shoayb al-Had’dad that he had heard Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB) say,

“Indeed our sayings are hard to understand. Only the following four can understand them: either a nearby-stationed angel; a dispatched Prophet; a servant of God whose faith has been tested or a strong town.” Shoayb al-Had’dad asked, “What do you mean by a strong town?” The Imam (MGB) replied, “I mean a heart with a firm belief.”