٢٥ - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذانيُ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ هاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ غِياثِ بْنِ إِبْراهيمَ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنُ؛ عَنْ أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُقالَ: سُئِلَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ مَعْنى‏ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: «إنِّي مُخَلِّفٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتابَ اللَّهِ وَعِتْرَتِي» مِنَ العِتْرَةُ؟ فَقالَ: أَنَا وَالحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ وَالأَئِمَّةُ التِّسْعَةُ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْنِ، تاسِعُهُمْ مَهْدِيُّهُمْ وَقائِمُهُمْ، لا يُفارِقُونَ كِتابَ اللَّه، وَلا يُفارِقُهُمْ حَتّى‏ يَرِدُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ حَوْضَهُ.
6-25 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Omayr, on the authority of Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of As-Sadiq Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority ofhis father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s) that the Commander of the Faithful (s) was questioned about the meaning of what God’s Prophet (s) said, “I will leave behind two heavy things with you: God’s Book and my ‘Itra.” He (s) was asked, “What does “my ‘Itra” mean?” He (s) replied, “It is I, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein and the other nine Divine Leaders from the descendants of Al-Hussein. The ninth of them is their Al-Mahdi (Divinely Guided One) who is their Riser. They will not separate themselves from God’s Book and God’s Book will not separate from them until they meet God’s Prophet (s) at his Pool.”