The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 268 (#Ḥadīth #60)

60 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ القاسِم الأسترآبادي المفسر رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يُوسِف بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زياد وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سيار، عَن أَبُويهما عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّد، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى، عَن أَبيهِ الرِّضا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى a.sُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر a.sُ قالَ: قالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ a.sُ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اهْدِنَا الصِّراطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَرْشِدْنَا إِلَى الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ أَرْشِدْنَا لِلُزُومِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّي إِلَى مَحَبَّتِكَ وَالْمُبَلِّغِ إِلَى دِينِكَ وَالْمَانِعِ مِنْ أَنْ نَتَّبِعَ أَهْوَاءَنَا فَنَعْطَبَ أَوْ نَأْخُذَ بِآرَائِنَا فَنَهْلِكَ.

28-60 The interpreter from Astarabad Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sayyar quoted on the authority of their fathers, 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 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), “The following Words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘Show us the straight way’ means ‘guide us to the straight path - that is a path which will make us love You and take us to Your Religion, and hinders us from following our selfish desires which would ruin us.’”

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