The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 389 (#Ḥadīth #10)

10 - ومن ذلك قول الصادق عليه السلام: ما بدا لله بداء كما بدا له في إسماعيل ابني، يقول: ما ظهر لله أمر كما ظهر له في إسماعيل ابني إذ اخترمه قبلي ليعلم بذلك أنه ليس بإمام بعدي.

10. The aforementioned is supported by the following tradition: Al-Sadiq said:“Nothing appeared to Allah regarding my son Isma`il when He cut him off by death before me, so that it may be known that he was not the Imam after me.”

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