The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 466 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله عَنِ الائِمَّةِ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ كَانَ الْحُسَيْنُ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ كَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ إِمَاماً مَنْ أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ مَعْرِفَةَ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَمَعْرِفَةَ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَأَعَدْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ لِي إِنِّي إِنَّمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنْ شُهَدَاءِ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي أَرْضِهِ.

5. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Jaumhur from Faddala ibn Ayyub from Mu‘awiya ibn Wahab from Dhurayh who has said the following. “I asked abu ‘Abdallah about the Imams after the Holy Prophet (s.a.).” The Imam said, “Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali) was the Imam. Then al-Hassan was the Imam. Then al-Husayn was the Imam. Then Ali ibn Al-Husayn was the Imam. Then Muhammad ibn Ali was the Imam. One who would deny this would be as if he has denied the existence of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and the truthfulness of Prophet Muhammad .” I asked, “may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, are you then the Imam? I repeated it three times.” The Imam said, “I only said it to you so that you will be of the witnesses before Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on His earth.”

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