`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us from his father from his grandfather from `Umar b. `Uthman from Abi Jamila al-Mufaddal b. Salih from Sa`id b. Turayf from al-Asbagh b. Nubata from `Ali b. Abi Talib . He said:

Gabriel descended upon Adam and said: O Adam! I was commanded to give you the choice between one of three things. So, choose one and leave the other two. So, Adam said to him: What are the three, Gabriel? He said: Intellect, modesty, and religion. Adam said: I have chosen intellect. So, Gabriel said to modesty and religion: Go and leave him. They said: O Gabriel! Surely, we were commanded to be with the intellect wherever it goes. He said: As you wish. Then, he ascended.