The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 65 (#Ḥadīth #23)
Chapter 6 | On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s)
23 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِى ماجِيلوَيْه رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ:حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى العَطَّار، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ الصَفَّارِ، عَنْ أَبي طالِبٍ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ الصَّلْتِ القُمِّيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمانَ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ سَماعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرانِ، قالَ: كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عِمْران مَوْلى أَبي جَعْفَرٍ a.sُ فِي مَنْزِلٍ فَقالَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرانَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِاللَّه a.sُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر مُحَدَّثاً، فَقالَ لهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ ذلِكَ مِنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه a.sُ ؟ فَحَلَفَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَحَلَفَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: لكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ a.sُ.
6-23 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar, on the authority of Abi Talib Abdullah ibn as-Salt al-Qumi, on the authority of Uthman ibn Isa, on the authority of Sama’a ibn Mehran, “Abu Basir, Muhammad ibn Imran - Abi Ja’far’s defender - and I were at Imran’s house. Muhammad ibn Imran says, “I heard Aba Abdullah (s) say, ‘We are twelve ‘Muhaddath.”’ Then Abu Basir asked him, ‘Did you really hear this from Abi Abdullah (s) yourself?’ He made him swear a few times and then said, ‘I heard this from Abi Ja’far (s).’”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).