8. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Hammad ibn ‘Uthaman who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘ Abd Allah , say,

‘The messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, slaughtered sixty-three heads of cattle with his own hand; and Ali , slaughtered the rest.’ I then asked, ‘Was it thirty- seven ?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Yes. It was thirty-seven.”