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Sahl, from Bakr Bin Saleh with an unbroken chain from Abu Abdullah (asws) the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: âThe people are (similar to) a mine, like a mine of gold and that of silver. So they had an origin in the days of ignorance (pre-Islam), so there are (very few) who had an origin in Al-Islamâ. ÙØ®Ø±Ø¬Ù - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعÙÙ - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (MirʾÄt al-Ê¿UqÅ«l fÄ« Sharḥ AkhbÄr Äl al-RasÅ«l (16/63))