4 - نَصٌّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ المُتَوَكِّل رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ الحُسَيْنِ السَعْدْ آبادِي، عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه البَرْقِيُّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ داوُدَ بْنِ زُرْبِي، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ يَقْطِين، قالَ: قالَ لي مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ اِبْتِداءً Dawood ibn Zorbi, on the authority of Ali ibn Yaqteen, “Musa ibn Ja'far (s) told me - without me having said anything to him, ‘This is my most knowledgeable child.
I have placed my nickname on him.’ He pointed to Al-Reza (s) with his hand.” 4-5 In another tradition we read that my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Isa quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Asbaq, on the authority of Uthman ibn al-Qasim, “Mansoor ibn Yunus bin Bozorj told me that once he went to visit Abul Hassan, that is Imam Musa ibn Ja’far (al-Kazim) (s).
Imam Al-Kazim (s) said, ‘O Mansoor! Do you know what I have done today?’ Mansoor said, ‘No.’ Imam Al-Kazim (s) said, ’I have appointed my son Ali as my Testamentary Trustee, and my successor after me.’ Then Mansoor said, ‘I then went to see Al-Reza (s) and congratulated him (s) this.