The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 299 (#Ḥadīth #299)

299 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ a.sُ قالَ: قالَرَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أَنَا مَدِينَةُ العِلْمِ وَعَلِيٌّ بابُها [فَمَن اَرادَ العِلْمَ فَليَاتِ البابَ] .

31-299 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali , God’s Prophet (S) said, “I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its portal. (Whoever wishes to gain knowledge should go through that portal.)

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