ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā 1, record 172 of the digital edition

Translation

21-2 Abu Muhammad Ja’far ibn al-Na’eem al-Shazani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Hashem, on the authority of Ali ibn Ma’bad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid, on the authority of Abil Hassan Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of Ali (s) that God’s Prophet (s) told him, ‘O Ali! Some of the men of Quraysh tribe have blamed me regarding (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s). They say that they asked me to marry off (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s) to them, but I married her off to you. I told them, ‘By God, I was not the one who did that. It was the Sublime God who did not accept you and married her off to Ali. Gabriel descended upon me and said, O Muhammad! God - the Exalted the Magnificent - says, ‘Had I not created Ali (s), there would have been no equal for your daughter (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s) on the Earth from Adam to the end.’”This tradition has also been narrated by Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him, on the authority of Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ali ibn Ma’bad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid, on the authority of Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (s), on the authority of God’s Prophet (s). I have compiled what has been narrated for me on this issue in my book MOWLID FATIMA WA FADHA’ELEHA.

Translation: Dr. Ali Peiravi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.