ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s) 25 - نَصُّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ زِيادِ بْنِ ٠َرْوان القَنْدِيِّ قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبي إِبْراهي٠َ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ وَعنْدَهُ عَلِيٌّ ابْنُهُ، فَقالَ لي‏: يا زِيادُ هذا كِتابُهُ كِتابي، وَكَلا٠ِي، وَرَسُولُهُ رَسُولِي، وَ٠ا قالَ فَالْقَوْلُ قَوْلُهُ.قالَ ٠ُصَنِّفُ هذَا الْكِتاب: إِنَّ زِيادِ بْنِ ٠َرْوان القَنْدِيِّ رَوى‏ هذا الْحَدِيثِ ثُ٠َّ أَنْكَرَه بَعْد ٠ُوسَى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ وَقالَ بِالْوَقْفِ، وَحَبَسَ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍعَلَيْهِ٠4-25 In another tradition from (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - it is narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority Ziyad ibn Marwan al-Qandi, “I went to see Abi Ibrahim (s).

His son Ali was with him. He told me, ‘O Ziyad! This is his writing that is (just as effective as) my writing. His words are my words. His messenger is my messenger. And whatever he says, (the truth) is in what he says.’”The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) said, “In fact, Ziyad ibn Marwan al-Qandi narrated this tradition. But he later denied it after Musa (s) passed away. He became one of the Vaqafites and confiscated whatever he had that belonged to Musa ibn Ja’far (s).