3. We were told by Mudaffar bin Ja’far bin Mudaffar al-Alawi al-Samarqandi, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Mas’ud, from his father, from Ishaq bin Muhammed, that he said: I was informed by Muhammed bin Hasan ibn Shammun, from Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman al-Asam, from Abdullah bin Qasim al-Batal, from Saleh ibn Sahl, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, is the Loft Palace, and the Abandoned Well is Fatima and her sons, who are abandoned from rulership.