The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1097 (#Ḥadīth #17)
Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)
17ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقاً عَنْ طَبَقٍ قَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ أَ وَلَمْ تَرْكَبْ هَذِهِ الامَّةُ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا طَبَقاً عَنْ طَبَقٍ فِي أَمْرِ فُلانٍ وَفُلانٍ وَفُلانٍ.
17. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from Zurara from abu Ja‘far about the words of Allah, the Most High. “. . you will certainly pass through one stage after another.” (84:19). The Imam said, “O Zurara, Has this ’Umma (nation) not passed through stages after the Holy Prophet and the affairs of three so and sos?”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).