The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 803 (#Ḥadīth #8)
Chapter 71 | Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu al-Hassan Musa’s Divine Authority over the people after abu ‘Abdallah
-أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله الْقَلاءِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله أَبَا الْحَسَنِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلامٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْلُودُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُولَدْ فِينَا مَوْلُودٌ أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي لا تَجْفُوا إِسْمَاعِيلَ.
8. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from ‘Abdallah al-Qalla’ from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “Abu ‘Abdallah spoke of abu al-Hassan and he was a young boy in those days. He said, “This is a child that no other child born to us has been of such a greater blessing to our followers than him.” The Imam then said to me, “Do not be harsh with Isma‘il.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).