The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 53 (#Ḥadīth #53)

53 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّ أَرْبَعَةٍ: عَلِيٍ a.sُ وَسلمانَ وأَبَاذَرٍ وَمِقدادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدٍ.

31-53 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “God has ordered us to love four people: Ali , Salman, Abu Tharr, and Meqdad ibn al-Aswad.”

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