The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 791 (#Ḥadīth #4)
Chapter 70 | Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu ‘Abdallah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq’s Divine Authority over the people after Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn
4ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ طَاهِرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابي جعفر فَأَقْبَلَ جَعْفَرٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ هَذَا خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ أَوْ أَخْيَرُ.
4. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Tahir who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of Abu Ja‘far when Ja‘far came. Abu Ja‘far said, “He (Ja‘far) is the best of the people or the best of best among them.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).