(8) حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر عن محمد بن عيسى عن على بن اسماعيل...

(8) حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر عن محمد بن عيسى عن على بن اسماعيل الميثمى عن ثعلبة عن عبد الاعلى مولى ال سام عن ابى جعفر عليه السلام قال سمعته يقول ما ترك الله الارض بغير عالم ينقص ما زاد الناس ويزيد ما نقصوا ولولا ذلك لاختلط على الناس امورهم.

8 – It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Ismail Al-Maysami, from Tha’albat, from Abdul A’la the slave of Aal-Saam, who has said: Abu Ja’far -asws said, ‘I heard him -asws say: ‘Allah -azwj does not Leave the Earth without a knowledgeable one -asws , who decreases what the people have exceeded in, and increases what they are deficient it, and had it not been for that the affairs of the people would have become confusing for them’.

(9) حدثنا الحسن بن على بن النعمان عن ابيه عن شعيب عن ابى حمزة عن ابى جعفر عليه السلام انه قال لم تخل الارض الا وفيها منا رجل يعرف الحق فإذا زاد الناس فيه شيئا قال فقد زادوا وإذا نقصوا منه قال قد نقصوا. 9 – It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al-No’man, from his father, from Shuayb, from Abu Hamza, who has said: Abu Ja’far -asws has said: ‘The Earth is never empty except that in it will be a man -asws from us -asws , who recognises the truth.

If the people have exceeded in something, he -asws says: ‘They have exceeded’, and if they are deficient from it, he -asws says: ‘They are deficient’. (Ref.