4. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of `Umar ibn Udhaynah, on the authority of Abu Ja`far al-Asamm that

I asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir about the spirits that were in Adam and `Isa . He replied, “They were two created spirits. Allah chose and selected them as the spirit of Adam and the spirit of `Isa .