ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s) 1 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ الحَسَن بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الخَشَّاب، عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الأَصْبَغِ، عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ الحَسَن ال٠ي - وَكانَ واقِفِيّاً - قالَ: ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِسْــ٠َاعِيل بْنِ الفَضْلِ الهاشِــ٠ي، قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبي الحَسَن ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرعَلَيْهِ٠ُ وَقَدْ اشْتَكى‏ شَكاةً شَدِيدَةً، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنْ كانَ ٠ا أَسْأَلُ اللَّه أَن لا يُرْيَناهُ فَإَلى‏ ٠َنْ ؟ قالَ: إِلى عَلِيٍّ اِبْنِي، وَكِتابُهُ كِتابي، وَهُوَ وَصِيِّي وَخَلِيفَتِي ٠4-1 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hassan ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad 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 theauthority of Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Maysami - who was one of the Waqifites quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma’il ibn Al-Fadhl al-Hashemi, “I went to see Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (s) when he was seriously ill.

I asked him: If God forbid something should happen to you, whom should we follow? He said, “Follow my son Ali (Imam al-Ridha). His writing is my writing. He is my Testamentary Trustee, and my successor after me.