The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1132 (#Ḥadīth #52)

52ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صِبْغَةَ الله وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الله صِبْغَةً قَالَ صَبَغَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالْوَلايَةِ فِي الْمِيثَاقِ.

52. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salama ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Hassa’n from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir from abu ‘Abdallah about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious. “God’s (means of purification and His) coloring. No coloring (purification) is better than that of God. and we (Muslims) worship Him.” (2:138) The Imam said, “Allah has colored the believers with the Wilaya of Imam Ali (Leadership with Divine Authority) at the time He made to make the covenant.”

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