 ٤ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ الصَّحَّافِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَمِنْكُمْ كافِرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقَالَ عَرَفَ الله إِيمَانَهُمْ بِوَلايَتِنَا وَكُفْرَهُمْ بِهَا يَوْمَ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمِيثَاقَ فِي صُلْبِ آدَمَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَهُمْ ذَرٌّ.
 4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Hassan ibn Nu‘aym al-Sahhaf who has said the following. “I asked abu ‘Abdallah  about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. “. .some of you have accepted the faith and some of you have not.. .” (64:2) The Imam  said, “On the day that Allah made all the offspring of Adam to make a covenant with Him when they were just small particles He made faith our Wilaya, (Leadership with Divine Authority) the standard for faith and disbelief.”