The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 572 (#Ḥadīth #2)
Chapter 28 | The People whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has called Mutawassimin (distinguished) in His book are the Imams who are also the straight path
2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هِيتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله مَا تَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لاياتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ قَالَ نَحْنُ الْمُتَوَسِّمُونَ وَالسَّبِيلُ فِينَا مُقِيمٌ.
2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salamah ibn al-Khattab that Yahya ibn Ibrahim who has said the following. “Asbat ibn Salim has said that once he was in the presence of abu ‘Abdallah when a man from the people of Hiyt came and said, ‘May grant you well-being, what is the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Holy, “In this there is evidence (of the Truth) for the distinguished ones.”? (15:75) The Imam said, “We are the distiguished people and the (right) path is with us.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).