The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 273 (#Ḥadīth #65)

65 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيس، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِالأَشْعَرِيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّه الرَّازِيُّ، عَن أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي نَصْرِ عَنْ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خالِد، عَن أَبي الحَسَن a.sُ قالَ سَأَلْته عَنْ رَجُل أَوْصى بجزء من ماله فَقالَ سبع ثلثه.

28-65 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Abu Abdullah al-Razi, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid that he asked Abil Hassan (s), “How much of one’s wealth should be used, if one has willed that some of his wealth be spent in a certain way?” The Imam (s) said, “One-seventh of one-third.”

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