The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 440 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ قَالَ إِنَّ الْحُجَّةَ لا تَقُومُ لله عَلَى خَلْقِهِ إِلا بِإِمَامٍ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ.

1. Muhammad b. Yahya al-‘Attar narrated from Ahmad b. Muhammad b.‘Isa from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Dawud al-Riqqi from the Righteous servant [al-Kadhim] who said: “Allah’s holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam who would teach people about Him.”

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