Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 29 of the digital edition

Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī · Twelve imams determined by Allah

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7 - أخبرنا محمد بن همام، قال: حدثنا أبي وعبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، قالا: حدثنا أحمد بن هلال، قال حدثني محمد بن أبي عمير سنة أربع ومائتين، قال: حدثني سعيد بن غزوان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله، عن آبائه قال: قال رسول الله: إن الله إختارَ مِن كلّ شيء شيئاً؛ إختار من الأرض مكةَ، واختار من مكّة المسجدَ، واختار من المسجد الموضعَ الذي فيه الكعبةُ واختار من الأنعام إناثَها ومن الغنم الضأنَ واختار من الأيام يوم الجمعة، واختار من الشهور شهرَ رمضان، ومن الليالي ليلةَ القدر، واختار من الناس بني هاشم، واختارني وعليّاً من بني هاشم، واختار مني ومن عليٍّ الحسنَ والحسين ويكمّله اثني عشر إماماً من ولد الحسين، تاسعهم باطنُهم وهو ظاهرهم وهو أفضلهم وهو قائمهم.

Translation

(7) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Abu Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from Ahmad bin Hilal from Muhammad bin Abu Omayr from Sa’eed bin Ghazwan from Abu Baseer from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) from his fathers (as) that the Prophet (S) had said: “Allah the Almighty has chosen a thing from every thing. He has chosen Mecca from the earth, the mosque from Mecca and the place, in which the Kaaba is, from the mosque. He has chosen the females from among the cattle and the ewe from among the sheep. He has chosen Friday from among the days, Ramadan from among the months and the Night of Predestination from among the nights. He has chosen the Hashimites from among the peoples, has chosen me and Ali from among the Hashimites, has chosen al-Hasan and al-Husayn from me and Ali and then He completed the twelve imams from the progeny of al-Husayn. The ninth of them (of al-Husayn’s progeny) is the hidden and the apparent and the best of them. He is the expected imam.” The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Hammam and Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Jumhoor from al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Jumhoor from Ahmad bin Hilal from Muhammad bin Abu Omayr from Sa’eed bin Ghazwan from Imam Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as).

Translation: Abdullah al-Shahin — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. (7) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated
  2. Abu Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari
  3. Ahmad bin Hilal
  4. Muhammad bin Abu Omayr
  5. Sa’eed bin Ghazwan
  6. Abu Baseer
  7. Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as)
  8. his fathers (as)
  9. the Prophet (S) had said

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