22-17 Abul Hassan Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Yunus narrated that Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Haravy quoted Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Sawar, on the authority of Isa ibn Ahmad al-Asqalani, on the authority of Urwah ibn Marvan al-Barqy, on the authority of Ribah ibn Badr, on the authority of Aban, on the authority of Anas that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
On the Resurrection Day, the Honorable the Exalted God shall raise anyone in my nation who remembers forty traditions regarding his religious affairs for the sake of God and the Hereafter as a learned scholar.”