2. He said: Abu Bakr, Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed ibn Ibn Uqdah, who reported from Ja’far ibn Abdullah, who reported form Sa’daan ibn Saeed, who reported from Sufyan ibn Ibrahim al-Ghamidy al-Qadhi, who said
I heard Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him say: "Tests and trials begin with us and then with you, and the times of ease begin with us and then with you. And by the oath of Him where oath is usually taken, Allah will triumph through you the way He triumphed through the stones (of clay)." (Refer to Surah al-Fil).