5. My father that Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Hisham, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Mansur ibn Hazim, that

I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq “Do you know everything that has happened and everything that will happen until the Day of Judgement? Is it not part of Allah’s knowledge?” He answered: “It is certainly part of Allah’s Knowledge. He knew everything before He created the Heavens and the Earth.”