The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 234 (#Ḥadīth #26)

26 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عمر الحافِظُ البَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو مُحَمَّد الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى الممتع قالَ: حَدَّثَنا حَمْدانَ بْنِ الُمخْتار قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خالِد البَرْقِي قالحدثني سَيِّدي أَبُو جَعْفَرعَلِيِّ، عَن أَبِيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا a.sُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر a.sُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني الأجلح الْكِنْدِيُّ، عَن ابْنِ بريدة، عَن أَبيهِ أَن النَّبِي صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ قالَ: عَلِيٌّ إِمام كُلِّ مُؤْمِن بَعْدي.

28-26 Muhammad ibn Umar al-Hafiz al-Baghdadi narrated that Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Momatta’ quoted on the authority of Hamdan ibn al-Mokhtar, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi, on the authority of his Master Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of al-Ajlah al-Kendi, on the authority of Abi Borayda’, on the authority of his father that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Ali is the Divine Leader for all the believers after me.”

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