It met on Saturday, the first of the month of Ramadhan, in the year 404 Hijra, in Baghdad at the location called al-Zayyarain on the Rib'ah street, at the residence of Dhamrah Abul Hasan Ali b. Muhammad b. Abdul Rehman al-Farsi, may Allah perpetuate his honour, by way of dictation from his books:
1. Registering Good Deeds The grand Shaikh al-Mufid Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-No'man, may Allah continue to bless him with His protection and beneficence today said: Abul Hasan Ahmed b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. al-Walid reported to me from his father Muhammad b. al-Hasan, from Muhammad b. al-Hasan al Saffar, from Ahmed b.
Muhammad b. Isa, from Muhammad b. Khalid, from Ibn Hammad, from Abu Jamilah, from Jabir b. Yazeed that Abu Ja'far Muhammad al-Baqir, peace be upon him, reported from his father that: "Surely, the Angel appointed to the servant (of Allah) records (everything) in his books of deeds. So, register a good deed at its beginning and at its end, (so that) Allah may forgive you that which transpires in between."