1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Musa bin Ja’far bin Abi Ja’far al-Kamandani, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa al-Ash’ari, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Abi Najran, from ‘Asim bin Hameed, from Muhammed bin Qais, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that he said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, revealed to Adam, peace be upon him: O Adam, indeed, I am gathering for you all goodness in four words: one for Me; one for you; one between Me and you; and one between you and the people. As for the one that is for Me, it is that you worship Me, not associating anything with Me; and as for the one that is for you, it is that I reward you for your act by that which you are in most need to; and as for the one that is between Me and you, it is that upon you is to pray and upon Me it is to respond; and as for the one that is between you and the people, it is that you are pleased for the people by that which you are pleased for yourself.