The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 13 (#Ḥadīth #4)

4 - نَصٌّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ المُتَوَكِّل رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ الحُسَيْنِ السَعْدْ آبادِي، عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه البَرْقِيُّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ داوُدَ بْنِ زُرْبِي، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ يَقْطِين، قالَ: قالَ لي مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر a.sُ اِبْتِداءًمِنْهُ: هذا أَفْقَهُ وُلْدِي - وَأَشارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلى الرِّضا a.sُ - وَقَدْ نَحَلْتُهُ كُنْيَتِي.

4-4 In another tradition it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Al-Hussein As-Sa’dabadi quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdullah al-Barqi, on the authority of his father, on the authority ofDawood ibn Zorbi, on the authority of Ali ibn Yaqteen, “Musa ibn Ja’far (s) told me - without me having said anything to him, ‘This is my most knowledgeable child. I have placed my nickname on him.’ He pointed to Al-Ridha (s) with his hand.”

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