The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 257 (#Ḥadīth #49)

49 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ القاسِم المفسر رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الحُسَيْنِيِّ عَنِ الحَسَن بن عَلِيِّ، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّد، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى، عَن أبيها لرضا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَن مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر a.sُ، عَن أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد a.sُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى a.sُ، عَن أَبِيهِالحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى a.sُ قالَ: قالَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين a.sُ كَمْ مِنْ غَافِلٍ يَنْسَجُ ثَوْباً لِيَلْبَسَهُ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَكَفَنُهُ وَيَبْنِي بَيْتاً لِيَسْكُنَهُ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَمَوْضِعُ قَبْرِهِ.

28-49 The interpreter (of the Quran) Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan Al-Husseini narrated on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), “The Commander of the Faithful (s) said, ‘There are many who are ignorant and make a piece of clothing to wear but it becomes their burial shroud, and build a house in which to live but that house will be their burial place.’”

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