8. Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris said: my father said: Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim that

Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was asked, “How did you recognize your Lord?’ He replied, “Through abolishment of decision and invalidation of ambition. My decision was abolished, and when I had an ambition it was invalidated.”