Hadith 129

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Ibn Qawlawiyah, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Marouf, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Talha Bin Zayd, ‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj did not Cause any Prophet-as to pass away until He-azwj Command him-as to bequeath to his-as clan from his-as family, and Commanded me-saww that I-saww bequeath’. I-saww said: ‘To whom, O Lord-azwj? ’
He-azwj Said: “Bequeath, O Muhammad-saww, to the son-asws of your-saww uncle-as, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, for I-azwj have Affirmed him-asws in the previous Books, and have Written in these that he-asws is your-saww successor-asws, and upon that I-azwj Took the Covenant of the creatures, and Covenant of My-azwj Prophets-as and My-azwj Rasools-as. I-azwj Took the Covenant of them-as for Me-azwj with the Lordship, and for you-saww, O Muhammad-saww, with the Prophet-hood, and for Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws with the Wilayah’’. [45]