Hadith 343
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31-343 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Soleiman al-Malti and No’aym ibn Salih that Al-Mattiri and Darim ibn Qabeesa An-Nahshali that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) quoted on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.), on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari that God’s Prophet (S) said, “
I am the Treasure of Knowledge and Ali is its Key. Whoever wants the Treasure should go to its Key.”
343 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسِفالبَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِعنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحَسَن بْنِ سُلَيْمان الملطي وَنُعَيْم بْنِ صالِح المطيري وَدارِم بْنِ قبيصة النهشلي قالُوا حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ أَبِيهِعَلِيِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ جابِر بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه الأَنْصارِي قالَ
قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أَنَا خزانة العِلْمُ وَعَلِيِّ مِفْتاحها وَمن أَرادَ الخزانة فليأت المفتاح.
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