The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 64 (#Ḥadīth #22)
Chapter 6 | On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s)
22 - حَدَّثَنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عامِرٍ، عَنِ المُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ البَصَرِيِّ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ الوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ عُثْمانَ، عَنْ زُرارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ a.sُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً، مِنْهُمُ الحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ ثُمَّ الأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.
6-22 Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masroor - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hussein ibn Muhammad ibn Aamir quoted on the authority of Al-Mo’alla ibn Muhammad al-Basri, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali Al-Washsha’, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Zurara ibn A’yun that he had heard Aba Ja’far say, “We are twelve Divine Leaders including Al-Hassan (s), Al-Hussein (s), and then the rest of the Divine Leaders are from the descendants of Al-Hussein (s).”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).