ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s) 22 - نَصُّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدُ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ يُونُس بْنِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْ٠نِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ، قالَ: سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍعَلَيْهِ٠ُ يَقُولُ: سَعِدُ ا٠ُتْ حَتّى‏ يُرى ٠ِنْهُ خَلَفٌ، وَقَدْ أَرانِيَ اللَّهُ ٠ِن ابْنِي هذا خَلَفاً - وَأَشارَ إِلَيْهِ - يَعْنِي الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠4-22 In another tradition it is narrated that (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdir-Rahman, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Khalaf that he had heard Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (s) say, “One who can see his son that he will leave behind as a memory before he dies is prosperous.

God has shown me the son that I will leave behind by giving him to me.” Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (s) was pointing at him - that is Al-Ridha (s).