6. He said: Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Al-Husayn ibn Babawayh, may Allah bless him with mercy, reported to me from his father who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from ‘Ali ibn al-Nu’man, from Amir ibn Ma’qal, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, that Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said:

"O Abu Hamza, do not place ‘Ali below the level to which Allah has raised him, and do not elevate him above the level where Allah has kept him. It is enough (excellence) for ‘Ali that he is the one who fought the apostates and he is the one who will pair off the inmates of Paradise."