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2.A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu âAbd Allah from certain people (scholars of Kufa) of Iraq from Muhammad al-Muthanna al- Hadrami from his father from âUthman ibn Zayd from Jabir who has said the following: âOnce abu Jaâfar (a.s.) said to me, âO Jabir, (I wish) Allah grants you a chance to think of yourself as falling short in your worship and having deficiencies.ââ جÙÙÙ - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (MirʾÄt al-Ê¿UqÅ«l fÄ« Sharḥ AkhbÄr Äl al-RasÅ«l (8/46))