On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s)

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 4

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

Book 2, Chapter 4

On Imam Al-kazim’s Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha

Hadith #17

17 - نَصُّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَلِى ماجِيلوَيْه ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَمِّي مُحَمَّدُبْنِ أَبي القاسِم، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ الكُوفِيّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمنِ، عَنْ أَسَد بْنِ أَبي العَلاءِ، عَنْ عَبْد الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِير وَخَلَفِ بْنِ حَمّادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمن بْنِ الحَجَّاجِ قالَ: أَوْصى‏ أَبُو الحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ إِلى ابْنِهِ عَلِيٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، وَكَتَبَ لَهُ كِتاباً أَشْهَدَ فِيهِ سِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ وُجُوه أَهْلِ المَدِينَةِ.

4-17 In another tradition it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh -may God be pleased with him- quoted on the authority of hisuncle Muhammad ibn Abil Qasim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Kufi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Khalaf, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul Rahman, on the authority of Asad ibn Abi al-A’la, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj that, “Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far appointed his son Ali as his Testamentary Trustee. He wrote him a note and had sixty of the noble men of Medina sign it as witnesses.”