The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 1255 (#Ḥadīth #8)

28-17 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن عيسى ابن عبيد، عن أحمد بن حمزة العدوي، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن زرارة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله علم عليا عليه السلام بابا يفتح ألف باب، ويفتح كل باب ألف باب

28-17 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Hamzih al-Adowi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Zurarah that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) had said, “God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate which opens up to one-thousand gates each of which opens up to another thousand gates.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).