The Sufficient (Vol 8) · Hadith 464 (#Ḥadīth #1)

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) أَحَبُّ الصَّحَابَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ مَا زَادَ قَوْمٌ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ إِلَّا كَثُرَ لَغَطُهُمْ.

464. From him, from Ahmad, from Al-Husayn Bin Sayf, from his brother Ali, from his father, from a man from the Clan of Nowfal Bin Abdul Muttalib who said: Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Ali said: ‘The Rasool Allah ﷺ said: ‘The most beloved company to Allah (azwj) is four (in number), and a group does not exceed seven except the frequency of the noise’.

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