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
23 - نَصُّ آخَرُ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الحَجَّالِ؛ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي نَصْرِ البِزَنْطِيِّ؛ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَنانٍ؛ وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ الحَكَمِ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الُمخْتار، خَرَجَتْ إِلَيْنا أَلْواحٌ مِنْ أَبي إِبْراهيمَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَهُوَ فِي الحَبْسِ، فَإِذا فِيها مَكْتُوبٌ: عَهْدِي إِلى أَكْبَر وُلْدِي.
4-23 In another tradition from Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-valid - may God be pleased with him - it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abdullah Muhammad al-Hajjal, Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bezanti, Muhammad ibn Sinan, Ali ibn Sinan, and Ali, on the authority of al-Hakam, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn al-Mukhtar who said, “These sheets came to us from Abi Ibrahim Musa صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم while he was in prison in which it was written, “My successor is my oldest son.”