The Dictations — al-Mufīd · Hadith 336 (#Ḥadīth #1)

6 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن سليمان أبو الفضل قال: حدثنا داود بن رشيد قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق الثعلبي الموصلي أبو نوفل قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام يقول: نحن خيرة الله من خلقه، وشيعتنا خيرة الله من أمة نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله.

6. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Sulaiman Abul Fadhl, who reported from Dawood ibn Rushaid, who reported from Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Tha’labi al-Mosili Abu Nawfil, who said: I heard Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him, say: "We are the Chosen ones by Allah among His creation, and our Shi’ahs are His Chosen ones from the Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny."

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