The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1183 (#Ḥadīth #4)

4ـ أَحْمَدُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ يَقُولُ أَوْحَى الله تَعَالَى إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنِّي خَلَقْتُكَ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئاً وَنَفَخْتُ فِيكَ مِنْ رُوحِي كَرَامَةً مِنِّي أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا حِينَ أَوْجَبْتُ لَكَ الطَّاعَةَ عَلَى خَلْقِي جَمِيعاً فَمَنْ أَطَاعَكَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَمَنْ عَصَاكَ فَقَدْ عَصَانِي وَأَوْجَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي عَلِيٍّ وَفِي نَسْلِهِ مِمَّنِ اخْتَصَصْتُهُ مِنْهُمْ لِنَفْسِي.

4. Ahmad has narrated from Al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from Abu Hamza who has said the following: “I heard Abu Ja‘far say “Allah, the Most High sent revelation to Muhammad ﷺ saying, ‘O Muhammad I created you. You did not exist. I blew into you from My spirit. It was an honor with which I honored you when I made it an obligation on all of My creatures to obey you. Whoever would obey you has obeyed Me and whoever disobeys you has disobeyed Me. I have made such obedience to Ali also obligatory as well as to those of his descendants whom I have chosen for Myself.

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