The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 764 (#Ḥadīth #5)
Chapter 65 | Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
5ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ ابي جعفر قَالَ عَلَّمَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ عَلِيّاً ﷺ أَلْفَ حَرْفٍ كُلُّ حَرْفٍ يَفْتَحُ أَلْفَ حَرْفٍ.
5. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Mansur ibn Yunus from abu Bakr al-Hadrami from abu Ja‘far who has said the following. “the Messenger of Allah made Ali learn a thousand letters of which each one opens a thousand letters.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).