On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Among the Twelve Imams صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

6-32 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ma’aqil al-Qirmaysini quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Basri, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Mihzam, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Abdullah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, on the authority of his forefathers صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, on the authority of Ali صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم that God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “God granted twelve members of my Holy Household my understanding, knowledge and wisdom, and has created them from my nature. Woe be to those who deny them after me, and refute their ties of kinship with me. What is wrong with them? May God not make them benefit from my intercession.”