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 4

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

4ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي الْحَسَنِ الاوَّلِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَ لا تَدُلُّنِي إِلَى مَنْ آخُذُ عَنْهُ دِينِي فَقَالَ هَذَا ابْنِي عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ أَبِي أَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي إِلَى قَبْرِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ إِنِّي جاعِلٌ فِي الارْضِ خَلِيفَةً وَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا قَالَ قَوْلاً وَفَى بِهِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

4. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from al-Hassan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I said to Abu al-Hassan the 1st عليه السلام 'Would you guide me to a person from whom I could learn my religion?'” He (the Imam) said, “This is my son Ali. My father took my hand until we were at the grave of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and said, “My son, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “. . I am appointing someone as my deputy on earth,. .” (2:30) When Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, says a word He keeps His word.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 72, report 4

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/343)

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

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Arabic witness SHA-256: dbae81cffaf73d8914940826980c9cacc9344503bb2d0c63d03b348a39b7b5e9

Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/72/4. 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.