The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 853 (#Ḥadīth #9)
Chapter 75 | Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ‘s Divine Authority over the people after Ali ibn Muhammad
9ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ دَرْيَابَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ بَعْدَ مُضِيِّ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ فَعَزَّيْتُهُ عَنْهُ وَأَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَالِسٌ فَبَكَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَدْ جَعَلَ فِيكَ خَلَفاً مِنْهُ فَاحْمَدِ الله.
9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ishaq ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Daryab who has said the following. “I went to see abu al-Hassan after the death of abu Ja‘far and offered condolences for this reason. Abu Muhammad was also present. He wept and abu al-Hassan turned to him and said, “Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has made you to succeed (the Imam) instead of him. You must thanks Allah.”
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