Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s (the second)  عليه السلام Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan al-Rida  عليه السلام — report 6

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

6ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلادٍ قَالَ ذَكَرْنَا عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) شَيْئاً بَعْدَ مَا وُلِدَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ مَا حَاجَتُكُمْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ هَذَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَدْ أَجْلَسْتُهُ مَجْلِسِي وَصَيَّرْتُهُ فِي مَكَانِي.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

6. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from Mu‘ammar ibn Khallad who has said the following. “Once in the presence of abu al-Hassan عليه السلام we spoke about an issue, Imamat, (Leadership with Divine Authority). It was after the birth oof abu Ja‘far عليه السلام . The Imam عليه السلام said, “You do not need any such thing (thinking who the Imam will be). This is abu Ja‘far عليه السلام . I have placed him in my own place and made him to assume my position.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 73, report 6

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/375)

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

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/73/6. 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.