The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 4 (#Ḥadīth #1)

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن الحسين بن عبد الله، عن محمد ابن عبد الله، وموسى بن عمر، والحسن بن علي بن أبي عثمان، عن ابن سنان قال:سألت أبا الحسن الرضا عليه السلام عن الاسم ما هو؟ فقال عليه السلام: [فهو] صفة لموصوف.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Hussain bin Ubaidullah, from Muhammed ibn Abdullah, and Musa bin Umar, and Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Uthman, from Ibn Sinan, that he said: I asked Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, about the noun: What is it? He said: It is an attribute to that which is attributed.

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