7. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn `Imran al-Ash`ari, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of `Ali ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Sayf ibn `Amrah, on the authority of Abu Bakr al-Hadrami that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq was asked to interpret the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring.

He said: “The sons fall short of the deeds of the fathers, so Allah, the Mighty and High, unites the sons with the fathers so that their eyes may rest.”