The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 24 (#Ḥadīth #15)

15 - نَصٌّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا المُظَفَّرُ بْنُ جَعْفَر العَلَوِيُّ السَمَرْقَنْدِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا جَعْفَرُ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ العَيَّاشِيُّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ السَّخْتِ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ القاسِمِ العُرَيْضِيِّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ صَفْوانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ حَيْدَرِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزِيد الهاشِميِّ أَنَّهُ قالَ: ألآنَ يَتَّخِذُ الشِّيعَةُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَىعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ إِماماً، قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ ذلِكَ؟ قالَ: دَعاهُ أَبُو الحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ a.sُ فَأَوصى إِلَيْهِ.

4-15 In another tradition it is narrated that Al-Mudhaffar ibn Ja’far Al-Alavi As-Samarqandi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Mas’ood al-Ayyashi quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yusuf ibn As-Sakht, on the authority of Ali ibn Qasim al-Uraydhi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Haydar ibn Ayyoub that Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Hashemi said, “The Shiites will accept Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s) to be their Divine Leader now.”’ Haydar ibn Ayyoub said, “How come?” He said, “Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (s) called them in and appointed him as his Testamentary Trustee.”

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