The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 148 (#Ḥadīth #148)

148 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍعَلَيْهِمَاالسَّلاَمُ قالَ: دَعا أَبي بِدُهنٍ لِيَدَّهِنَّ بِهِ [رَأسَهُ] فَلَمَّا ادَّهَن بِهِ قُلْتُ: مَا الَّذِي ادَّهَنتَ؟ قالَ: إِنَّهُ البَنَفسَجُ، قُلْتُ: وَما فَضْلُ البَنَفسَجِ؟ قالَ حَدَّثَنى أَبي عَنْ جَدِّي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: فَضْلُ البَنَفسَجِ عَلَى الأَدهانِ كَفَضلِ الإِسْلامِ عَلى سائِرِ الأَديانِ.

31-148 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad , “My father asked for some anointment and rubbed it on his face and head. I asked him what it was. He said, “It was viola.” I asked him, “What makes viola the best?” He said, “My father quoted on the authority of my grandfather Al-Husayn ibn Ali , on the authority of his father that God’s Prophet (S) said, ‘Viola is the best anointment as Islam is the best religion.’”

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