He patted his hand on the back of Abi Abdillah and said...

He patted his hand on the back of Abi Abdillah and said, ‘By Allah that this son of me will be the Imam from Muhammad (S)’s Ahlul Bayt after me.’” Ali Ibn Hakam has quoted from Tahir, Abu Ja’far’s (a.s.) friend, who said, “I was with Imam Baqir (a.s.) when his son, Ja’far, came in.

Imam (a.s.) told me, ‘This is the best human on the earth.’”[^17] Abdul ‘A’la has narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.), “My father said before his demise, ‘Invite some people as witness!’ I called four persons from Qurash, one of which was Nafi’ (the master of Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar). So my father told me, ‘Write down: This is the legacy Jacob (a.s.) left to his sons, ‘Oh my sons! God hath chosen the Faith for you; then…