٦ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ غَالِبٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فَإِذَا بِجَنَازَةٍ لِقَوْمٍ مِنْ جِيرَتِهِ فَحَضَرَهَا وَكُنْتُ قَرِيباً مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ اللهمَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَ هَذِهِ النُّفُوسَ وَأَنْتَ تُمِيتُهَا وَأَنْتَ تُحْيِيهَا وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِسَرَائِرِهَا وَعَلاَنِيَتِهَا مِنَّا وَمُسْتَقَرِّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعِهَا اللهمَّ وَهَذَا عَبْدُكَ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ شَرّاً وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ وَقَدْ جِئْنَاكَ شَافِعِينَ لَهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُسْتَوْجِباً فَشَفِّعْنَا فِيهِ وَاحْشُرْهُ مَعَ مَنْ كَانَ يَتَوَلاَّهُ. 
6. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ghalib from Thabit abu al-Miqdam who has said the following: “Once I was with abu Ja’far , when a deceased from the people who believe in predestination was brought; and I was near him (the Imam) and heard him (the Imam) say, ‘O Lord, it is You who have created these souls and You cause them to die and give them life. You know their secrets and their public affairs better than we know. You know the permanent and temporary ones among them. O Lord, this is Your servant. I do not know anything evil about him and You know better about him. We have come to intercede in his favor after his death. If he deserves, accept our intercession in his favor and raise him with those whom he loves.’” 