The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 346 (#Ḥadīth #346)

346 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُـوسِفالبَـغدْادي قـالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ عنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا دارِم بْنِ قبيصة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا a.sُ عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ آبائِهِ عَنْأَبي طالِب a.sُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اطلبوا الخَيْر عِنْدَ حِسان الوُجُوه فَإِنَّ فعالَهُمْ أحرى أَن تكون حسنا.

31-346 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted on the authority ofDarim ibn Qabeesa that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ quoted on the authority of his father , on the authority of his forefathers , on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib that God’s Prophet (S) said, “Seek good from the pleasant-looking people as they are more likely to do good deeds than the mean-looking people.”

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