Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa from `Ali b. al-Hakam from `Amer b. Mu`aqqal from Abi Hamza al-Thumali from Abi Ja`far . He said: He said to me: O Aba Hamza!

Do not place `Ali lower than where Allah has placed him, and do not raise `Ali higher than where Allah has placed him. It is enough that `Ali fights the people of the globe and that he brings the people of Paradise together.