12-50 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yaqoob al-Kulayny quoted Abu Ali al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ubaydullah, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khishab, on the authority of Ali ibn Sama’at, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Rabat, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Aziat, on the authority of Zurarah ibn A’ayn that he had heard Aba Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) say, “There are twelve Divine Leaders from the members of the Household of Muhammad (MGB) who all narrate traditions after God’s Prophet (MGB). Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB) is one of them.”