ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s) 10 - نَصٌّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيس، عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ العَبَّاس النَخَّاس الأَسَدِي قالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ: أَنْتَ صاحِبُ هذا الأَ٠ْرِ؟ قالَ: إِي وَاللَّهِ عَلَى الإِنْس وَالجِنِّ.

4-10 In another tradition it is narrated that (the author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of al-Abbas an-Nakhkhas al-Asadi, “I asked Al-Ridha (s), ‘Are you the possessor of authority now?’ Al-Ridha (s) replied, ‘Yes. By God, I am the Divine Leader of the people and the genies.’”