The Book of Occultation · Hadith 451 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1 - أخبرنا علي بن أحمد، عن عبيد الله بن موسى، قال: حدثني محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر الباقر أنه سمعه يقول: الأمر في أصغرنا سناً وأخملنا ذكراً.

(1) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa from Muhammad bin al-Husayn (from) ibn Abul Khattab from Muhammad bin Sinan from Abul Jarood that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir had said: “This matter (deliverance) will be carried out by the youngest and obscurest one of us.” The same was narrated by Ali bin al-Husayn from Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Muhammad bin Hassaan ar-Razi from Muhammad bin Ali as-Sayrafi from Muhammad bin Sinan from Abul Jarood from Abu Ja’far al-Baqir .

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