عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْعَجْوَةَ وَ الْعَتِيقَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الْعَتِيقُ قَالَ الْفَحْلُ .
9. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Rib‘iy from ‘Abd Allah ibn al- Fudayl who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far , has said, ‘Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, sent al-‘Ajwah and al-‘Atiq from the sky.’ I then asked, ‘What is al-‘Atiq ?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is the male.’” 