7. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqa said: Muhhamd ibn Huran al-Suri said: `Ubays Allah ibn Musa Abu Talib al-Rawyani said, on the authority of `Abd al-`Azim ibn `Abd Allah al-Hasani, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Abu Mahmud that I asked al-Rida :

“O son of the Messenger of Allah! What do you say about the tradition which people narrate from the Messenger of Allah that he said: `Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, comes down from the heaven of this world every night?’” Thus, he replied, May the curse of Allah be upon those who alter words from their place! By Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, sends down an angel from heaven to this world during the third part of every night, and the first part of Friday night. Hence, He commands him, so he calls, “Is there any supplicant on whom I can bestow his wish? Is there anyone who is repenting so that I can forgive him? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so that I may forgive him? O seekers of goodness, come! O seekers of evil, abstain!” He constantly proclaims this till dawn breaks. When dawn breaks, he return to his place in the realm of heaven. My father related to me this on the authority of my grandfather from the Messenger of Allah .