Everything in this book that is narrated from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Samal has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah سبحانه وتعالى be pleased with him - from Al-Husayn ibn Al-Hasan ibn Aban, from Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Fudalah, from 'Uthaym, from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Samal.