The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 568 (#Ḥadīth #1)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رِبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْخِيَارِ فَقَالَ وَ مَا هُوَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ شَيْءٌ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله).

1. Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah has narrated from Mu‘awiyah ibn Hakam from Safwan and Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ribat from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far , about choices. He (the Imam) said, ‘Who is he and what is that; it was something only for the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.’”

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