5. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: al-Hasan ibn Aban said, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id, on the authority of Fadalah, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Bukayr, on the authority of Zurarah that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth: Are the heavens ad the earth greater than the Throne, or is the Throne greater than the heaves and the earth? He answered, “The Throne encompasses everything.”