حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عليه السلام قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مَا بَلَغْتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةَ بنَ جَعْفَرٍ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى يَرَى وَلَدَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil 
that he said: Narrated to me Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr from Uqbah bin Ja’far that he said: I asked Abul Hasan al-Ridha : “You have reached this stage, but you don’t have an issue?” He replied: “O Uqbah bin Ja’far, the Imam does not pass away before seeing his descendants.”
