The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 529 (#Ḥadīth #3)
Chapter 17 | The Imams are the Sings of whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran
3ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا عَنْ قَوْلِ الله تَعَالَى وَعَلاماتٍ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ قَالَ نَحْنُ الْعَلامَاتُ وَالنَّجْمُ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه )
3. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mualla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ who has said that he asked Imam al-Rida about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most High, “Through the signs and with the star people do find their way.” (16:16) The Imams said, “We are the signs and the messenger of Allah is the star,”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).