The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 794 (#Ḥadīth #7)

7ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ ابي جعفر قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَائِمِ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فَقَالَ هَذَا وَالله قَائِمُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ عَنْبَسَةُ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ جَابِرٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنْ لَيْسَ كُلُّ إِمَامٍ هُوَ الْقَائِمَ بَعْدَ الامَامِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَهُ.

7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Jabur ibn Yazid al-Ju‘fi who has said the following: "A question was asked of Abu Ja‘far about al-Qa’im (the twelfth Imam . He (Abu Ja‘far) tapped (at the shoulder of) Abu ‘Abdallah and said, 'This, by Allah, is the Qa’im (one who will establish the kingdom of Allah) of the family of Muhammad ﷺ.' ‘Anbasa has said, 'When Abu Ja‘far passed away, went to see Abu ‘Abdallah and told him of what I had heard (from Jabir). The Imam said, 'Jabir has spoken the truth.' He then said, 'You perhaps think that the every succeeding Imam after a preceding Imam is not al-Qa’im (also meaning the one who obeys and serves Allah).'

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).