 ٩ـ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْعَلاءِ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِي عِدَّةُ بَنِينَ فَكُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ وَأَسْأَلُ الدُّعَاءَ فَلا يُكْتَبُ إِلَيَّ لَهُمْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَمَاتُوا كُلُّهُمْ فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ لِيَ الْحَسَنُ ابْنِي كَتَبْتُ أَسْأَلُ الدُّعَاءَ فَأُجِبْتُ يَبْقَى وَالْحَمْدُ لله.
 9. Al-Qasim ibn al-‘Ala’ has said the following. “Several boys were born to me and each time I would write and request for prayer. Nothing would have been written to me about them. They all died. When my son al-Hassan was born I wrote and requested for prayer. The answer came, “He lives and all praise belongs to Allah.”