On Imam Al-kazim’s صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

4-10 In another tradition it is narrated that (the author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of al-Abbas an-Nakhkhas al-Asadi, “I asked Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, ‘Are you the possessor of authority now?’ Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, ‘Yes. By God, I am the Divine Leader of the people and the genies.’”