7. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Marwazi al-Muqri said: Abu `Amr Muhammad ibn Ja`far al-Muqri said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Musili said in Baghdad that Muhammad ibn `Asim al-Tarifi said: `Ayyash ibn Yazid ibn al-Hasanibn `Ali al-Kahhal freed salve of Zayd ibn `Ali said: my father related to me that Musa ibn Ja`far related to me that a group of people said to al-Sadiq , “We pray but our prayers are not granted.” He responded, “If that is the case, it is because you pray to One whom you do not truly recognize.”