The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 830 (#Ḥadīth #3)
Chapter 73 | Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s (the second) Divine Authority over the people after abu al-Hassan al-Rida
3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي فَنَاظَرَنِي فِي أَشْيَاءَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا عَلِيٍّ ارْتَفَعَ الشَّكُّ مَا لابِي غَيْرِي.
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from his father, Muhammad ibn ‘Isa who has said the following. “Once I went to see abu Ja‘far al-Thani’s . He debated me in several issues. He then said, “O abu Ali, there is no (reason for) doubt; I am the only son that my father had.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).