The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 688 (#Ḥadīth #1)
Chapter 52 | Giving Charge of the Religious matters to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.) and to the Imams
1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي زَاهِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ النَّحْوِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ عَلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ فَقَالَ وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ الله قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ الله فَوَّضَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَائْتَمَنَهُ فَسَلَّمْتُمْ وَجَحَدَ النَّاسُ فَوَ الله لَنُحِبُّكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا إِذَا قُلْنَا وَأَنْ تَصْمُتُوا إِذَا صَمَتْنَا وَنَحْنُ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا جَعَلَ الله لاحَدٍ خَيْراً فِي خِلافِ أَمْرِنَا. عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu Zahir from Ali ibn Isma‘il from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Asim ibn Humayd from abu Ishaq al-Nahwi who has said that he went see abu ‘Abdallah and heard him say the following. “Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, discipline and education His Messenger with His and said, “You certainly possess a great degree of moral discipline and education.” (64:4) He then let him be in charge as He, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “. .whatever the Messenger brings to you, you must take it (obey) and whatever he prohibits you, you must desist from. .” (59:7) Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “. . whoever obeys the Messenger, he has obeyed Allah. .” (4:80)” The narrator has said that then the Imam said, “The Prophet of Allah then let Ali and the Imams be the in charge (of the religious matters) and you then acknowledged it while others denied it. I swear by Allah, we love you to say when we say and remain silent when we remain silent. We are between you and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High. Allah has not placed any goodness in the opposition to us.” A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu Najran from ‘Asim ibn Humayd from abu Ishaq who has said that heard abu Ja‘far say the following. He cited a hadith similar to the above one.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).