The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 213 (#Ḥadīth #213)

213 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ الْبِيْهَقِيُّبِفَيدً بَعْد مُنصَرَفي مِن حَجِّ بَيْتِ اللَّه الحَرامِ فِي سَنَةِ أَرْبَعَ وَخَمْسِينَ وَثَلاثِمائَةٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ المَدَنِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَني عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مِهرَوَيهِ القَزوِينِي قالَ: حَدَّثَني داوُد بْن سُلَيْمان، قالَ: حَدَّثَني عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ؛ عَنْ أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد، عَنْ أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى، عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن، عَنْ أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِذا كانَ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وُلّينا حِسابَ شِيعَتِنَا فَمَنْ كانَتْ مَظلَمَتُهُ فِيما بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَكَمنا فِيها فَأَجابَنا، وَمَنْ كانَتْ مَظلَمَتُهُ فِيما بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْن النَّاسِ استَوهَبناها فَوَهَبِت لَنا، وَمَنْ كانَتْ مَظلَمَتُهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَنا كُنَّا أَحَقَّ مِمَّنْ عَفى وَصَفَحَ.

31-213 In the year 354 A.H. (964 A.D.)Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Abi Ja’far al-Bayhaqi in Fayd which is a station on the way back from going on pilgrimage (Hajj) to the Kaaba narrated that Ali ibn Ja’far al-Madani quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Mihrawayh al-Qazvini, on the authority of Dawood ibn Soleiman, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ , on the authority of his father , on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far , on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad , on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali , on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Husayn , on the authority of his father Al-Husayn ibn Ali , on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib that God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the Resurrection Day comes we will be in charge of reckoning for our followers. If there is anything between them and God, we will make a ruling and God will endorse that. If there is anything between them and the people, we will ask the people to forgive them and they will do so on our behalf. And if there is anything between them and us, we will forgive them as we are the ones who most deserve to be forgiving.”

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