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Hadith 76
Hadith #
76
Book
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā
Volume
1
Section
6
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On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
6-34 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar (s) narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdul Jabbar, on the authority of Abi Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-Azedi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Abi Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-Azedi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Thabit ibn Dinar, on the authority of the Master of the Worshippers Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of the Master of the Martyrs Al-Hussein ibn Ali, on the authority of the Master of the Trustees the Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) told him
“There are twelve Divine Leaders after me. O Ali! You are the first one. Their last one is the Riser with whose hands God - whose mentioning is Blessed and High - will conquer the East and the West of the Earth”
34 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الجَبَّارِ، عَنْ أَبي أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيادٍ الأَزْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ عُثْمانَ، عَنْ ثابِتِ بْنِ دِينارٍ، عَنْ سَيِّدِ العابِدِينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ سَيِّدِ الشُّهَداءِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ سَيِّد الأَوْصِياءِ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ
قالَ لي‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَرَ أَوَّلُهُم أَنْتَ يا عَلِيُّ، وَآخِرُهُمْ القائِمُ الَّذِي يَفْتَحُ اللَّه - تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ ذِكْرُهُ - عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مَشارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغارِبَها.
Tags The Twelve ImamsImam AliAhl al-BaytImam Mahdi

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