3. Muhammad ibn `ali Majilawayh, may Allah have mercy on him, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Nasr on the authority of Safwan al-Jammal that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High,

Everything is perishable but He. He said: “The face that will not perish refers to any person who carried out what Allah commanded him through obedience to Muhammad ﷺ and the Imams after Him.” After this he recited: Whoever obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys Allah.1