The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 792 (#Ḥadīth #5)
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
5ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ طَاهِرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابي جعفر فَأَقْبَلَ جَعْفَرٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ هَذَا خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ.
5.Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Khalid from some of our people from Yunus ibn Ya‘qub 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, “This (Ja‘far ) is the best of the people.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).