The Dictations · Hadith 261 (#Ḥadīth #9)

9 - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن عبد الله بن القاسم، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي (عليهم السلام)، قال: كن لما لا ترجو أرجى منك لما ترجو، فإن موسى بن عمران (عليه السلام) خرج يقتبس لاهله نارا، فكلمه الله عز وجل فرجع نبيا، وخرجت ملكة سبأ فأسلمت مع سليمان (عليه السلام)، وخرج سحرة فرعون يطلبون العزة لفرعون فرجعوا مؤمنين (1).

Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from `Abdullah b. al-Qasim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather from `Ali . He said: Be more hopeful in that which you have no hope than in that which you have hope. Surely, Musa b. `Imran went to fetch some fire for his family, yet Allah spoke to him and he returned [to them] as a prophet. The queen of Saba’ came out and accepted Islam with Sulayman . The magicians of Pharaoh went out seeking glory for Pharaoh, yet they returned as believers.

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