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

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

Book 2, Chapter 4

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

22 - نَصُّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ يُونُس بْنِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمنِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: سَعِدُ امْرُءٌ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتّى‏ يُرى مِنْهُ خَلَفٌ، وَقَدْ أَرانِيَ اللَّهُ مِن ابْنِي هذا خَلَفاً - وَأَشارَ إِلَيْهِ - يَعْنِي الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ -.
4-22 In another tradition it is narrated that (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdir-Rahman, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Khalaf that he had heard Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم say, “One who can see his son that he will leave behind as a memory before he dies is prosperous. God has shown me the son that I will leave behind by giving him to me.” Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was pointing at him - that is Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم.