The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority)  عليه السلام — report 29

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29ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ بَاعَ جَعْفَرٌ فِيمَنْ بَاعَ صَبِيَّةً جَعْفَرِيَّةً كَانَتْ فِي الدَّارِ يُرَبُّونَهَا فَبَعَثَ بَعْضَ الْعَلَوِيِّينَ وَأَعْلَمَ الْمُشْتَرِيَ خَبَرَهَا فَقَالَ الْمُشْتَرِي قَدْ طَابَتْ نَفْسِي بِرَدِّهَا وَأَنْ لا أُرْزَأَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا شَيْئاً فَخُذْهَا فَذَهَبَ الْعَلَوِيُّ فَأَعْلَمَ أَهْلَ النَّاحِيَةِ الْخَبَرَ فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى الْمُشْتَرِي بِأَحَدٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ دِينَاراً وَأَمَرُوهُ بِدَفْعِهَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

29. Ali ibn Muhammad has said the following. “Ja‘far (the impostor) sold of the items that he sold a Ja‘fari (descendants of Ja‘far ibn abu Talib) female child that they (family of abu Muhammad عليه السلام had brought up. A certain ‘Alawi person informed the buyer about the female child. The buyer said, “I will be glad to return if someone will pay me what I have paid.” He then informed the people of the holy location (office of Imam al-Mahdi عليه السلام . They sent forty one Dinars to the slave trader and asked him to return her back to her people.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 125, report 29

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · صحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/200)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/125/29. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.