5-47 (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, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad Abi Nasr al-Bizanti, on the authority of Asim ibn Abdul Hamid al-Han’nat, on the authority of Abi Basir that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said,

“A congregation is not formed with less than five.”