The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 66 (#Ḥadīth #24)

24 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ ماجِيلوَيْه رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبِ الكُلَيْنِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُبِيْدِ اللَّه، عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ مُوسَى الخَشَّابِ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ سَماعَةَ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ رِباطٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ اُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ زُرارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ a.sُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كُلُّهُمٌ مُحَدَّثُونَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَعَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبي طالِبٍ a.sُ مِنْهُمْ.

6-24 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yaqoob al-Kolayni quoted on the authority of Abu Ali al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ubaydillah, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab, on the authority of Ali ibn Sama’a, on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Rebat, on the authority of his father, on the authority of ibn Ozaynat, on the authority of Zurara ibn A’ayn, “I heard Aba Ja’far (s) say, ‘We are twelve Divine Leaders from the Household of Muhammad after God’s Prophet (s). We are all ‘Muhaddath and Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) is one of us.’”

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