Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, record 155 of the digital edition

Translation

1. We were told by Hasan bin Ahmad bin Idrees, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by my father, from Muhammed ibn Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, and Ya’qoub bin Yazeed, and Muhammed bin Abi’s-Sibhan, all of them, from Muhammed bin Abi Umayr, from Aban bin Uthman, from al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon him, that he said: Indeed, an Arabian came to Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and so he went out to him in red-dyed robe, and he said: O Muhammed, you have come out to me as if you are a young man. Then he, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Yes, O Arabian, I am the Young Man, son of the Young Man, brother of the Young Man. Then he said: O Muhammed, as for (that you are) the Young Man, then yes. But how (are you) the son of the Young Man and the brother of the Young Man? So he said: Have you not heard Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, saying: «They said: We heard a young man mentioning them, who is called Ibrahim» (21:60)? So, I am the son of Ibrahim, and as for (me being) the brother of the Young Man, a caller, indeed, cried from Heaven on the Day of Uhud: «There is no sword but Dhu’l-Faqar, and there is no Young Man but Ali». Hence, Ali is my brother and I am his brother.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.