عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ طَاهِرٍ قَالَ:
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كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَأَقْبَلَ جَعْفَرٌ ع فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَذَا خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ أَوْ أَخْيَرُ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
4. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Tahir who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) when Ja‘far (a.s.) came. Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) said, “He (Ja‘far) is the best of the people or the best of best among them.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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2- لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi
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