Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu al-Hassan al-Rida’s  عليه السلام Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan Musa  عليه السلام — report 1

1. Muhammad ibn Yabya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Husayn ibn Nu‘aym al-Sahhaf who has said the following. “I, Hisham ibn al-Hakam and ali ibn Yaqtin were in Baghdad. Ali ibn Yaqtin said, ‘Iwas in the presence of the pious servant (of Allah) and his son Ali came. He then said to me, “O Ali ibn Yaqtin, this the sayyid (leader) of my children and have gifted him with my own Kunya. (the Arabic expression used to address people, ‘O father of so and so, etc.). Hisham tapped his forehead with his palm and said, “fie up on you how did you say that? Ali ibn Yaqtin said, “I heard, by Allah, from him just as I said.” Hisham then said, “I can tell you that the task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will be with him after him.” Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from al-Husayn ibn Nu‘aym al-Sahhaf who has said the following. “Once I was in the presence of the pious servant (of Allah) .In al-Safwani manuscript it says, “I was then he relates the rest of the above hadith.”