ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s) اجِيلوَيْه ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ:حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى العَطَّار، عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ الصَفَّارِ، عَنْ أَبي طالِبٍ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ الصَّلْتِ القُ٠ِّيِّ، عَنْ عُثْ٠انَ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ سَ٠ِهْرانِ، قالَ: كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَ٠َوْلى‏ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنْزِلٍ فَقالَ، ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِاللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر ٠ُحَدَّثاً، فَقالَ لهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَ٠ِنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َرَّتَيْنِ فَحَلَفَ أَنَّهُ سَ٠ِعَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: لكِنِّي سَ٠ِنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠6-23 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar, on the authority of Abi Talib Abdullah ibn as-Salt al-Qumi, on the authority of Uthman ibn Isa, on the authority of Sama’a ibn Mehran, “Abu Basir, Muhammad ibn Imran - Abi Ja’far’s defender - and I were at Imran’s house.

Muhammad ibn Imran says, “I heard Aba Abdullah (s) say, ‘We are twelve ‘Muhaddath.”’ Then Abu Basir asked him, ‘Did you really hear this from Abi Abdullah (s) yourself?’ He made him swear a few times and then said, ‘I heard this from Abi Ja’far (s).’”