Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 278 of the digital edition

Translation

H 101 - Narrated Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari that a group of scholars informed that Abu Mufaddal Shaibani narrated from his father from Muhammad bin Husain from Muhammad bin Husain from Muhammad bin Abi Umair. Also narrated to us a group of scholars from Muhammad bin Yaqub from Muhammad bin Yahya from Ahmad bin Muhammad from Ibn Abi Umair from Umar bin Uzniyya from Aban bin Abi Ayyash from Sulaym bin Qays that: I heard Abdullah bin Ja’far Tayyar [husband of Zainab] say: We were in the company of Muawiyah: I, Hasan, Husain, Abdullah bin Abbas, Umar bin Umme Salma and Usamah bin Zaid when an argument arose between us; I said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “I have more authority on the believers than they have on themselves. After me, my brother Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s) has more authority on the believers than themselves. When Ali (a.s) is martyred, Hasan Ibn Ali (a.s) will have more authority on the believers than themselves, followed by my son Husain (a.s), who will have more authority on the believers than themselves. When Husain (a.s) is martyred, his son, Ali Ibn Husain (a.s) will have more authority on the believers than themselves. O Ali! Soon you will meet him. Then his son Muhammad Ibn Ali will have more authority on the believers than themselves. Thereafter, the Messenger of Allah (s) completed the list of twelve Imams, nine of whom will be from the descendants of Husain (a.s).” Abdullah Ibn Ja’far continues, ‘I sought testimony from Hasan, Husain, Abdullah Ibn Abbas, Umar Ibn Umm Salma and Usamah Ibn Zaid and they all verified my statement before Muawiyah.’ Sulaym bin Qays says, ‘And indeed I heard the same from Salman, Abu Zar and Miqdad and they in turn heard it from the Messenger of Allah (s).

Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.