The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 60 (#Ḥadīth #18)

18 - حَدَّثَنا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ a.sُ فِي بِقُمّ فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعَ وَثَلاثِينَ وَثَلاثِ مائَةٍ قالَ: أَخْبَرنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الكُوفِيُّ مَوْلى بَنِي هاشِمٍ قالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي القاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا غِياثُ بْنُ إِبْراهيمَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ زَيْد بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ آبائِهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اُبْشِرُوا - ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ - إِنَّما مَثَلُ اُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ لا يُدْرى أَوَّلُهُ خَيْرٌ أَمْ آخِرُهُ، إِنَّما مَثَلُ اُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ حَدِيقَةٍ اُطْعِمَ مِنْها فَوْجٌ عاماًثُمَّ أطعم مِنْها فَوْجٌ عاماً، لَعَلَّ آخِرَها فَوْجٌ يَكُونُ أَعْزَضَها بَحْراً وَأَعْمَقَها طُوْلاً وَفَرْعاً وَأَحْسَنَها جَنْياً، وَكَيْفَ تَهْلِكُ اُمَّة أَنَا أَوَّلُها وَاثْنا عَشَر مِنْ بَعْدي مِنَ السُّعَداء وَاُولُوالأَلْبابِ وَالمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ آخِرُها؟ وَلكِنْ يَهْلِكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ذلِكَ نَتْجُ الهَرْجِ، لَيْسُوا مِنِّي و لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ.

6-18 Hamza ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) in the (Arabic) month of Rajab of the year 339 A.H. (949 A.D.) in Qum narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed al-Kufi - a chief of the Hashemite tribe on the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad, on the authority of Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Hussein ibn Zayd ibn Ali, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad, on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of Ali (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Glad tidings! Glad tidings thrice! The similitude of my nation is like that of rain which one does not know whether its beginning is good or its end. The similitude of my nation is like that of a garden from which one group eat for one year and others benefit from it the next year. There may be some at the end with more power and more benefits. How can a nation be destroyed which starts with me and twelve Prosperous Ones - the Imams - and ends with the Messiah - Jesus (s): the son of (the Blessed Lady) Mary (s)? However, the next generation after this chaos will be destroyed. They do not belong to my nation and I am not one of them.”

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