The pious scholar Abu Mohammad Hasan bin Babeweyh, narrated from Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin Hasan, from his father Hasan bin HasaN bin Ali , from the blessed scholar Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin Ali bin Babeweyh Al-Qummi, from Mohammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, from Abdullah bin Jaafar Al-Hemiyari, from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Isa, from Hasan bin Mahboub, from Moqatel bin Sulayrnaan, from Jaafar bin Mohammad Al-Sadiq (ASWS), from the MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAWW), who said:
I am the master of the Prophets my successor is the master of the successors; and his successors are the masters of the successors.
Adam (as) asked ALLAH (SWT) to choose a righteous successor for him so ALLAH (SWT) revealed to him, “I honored the Prophets with Prophethood, and I chose the best of My creation as their successors. O Adam! (as) assign your son, Shieth, (as) to be your successor.”
Shieth (as) was ALLAH (SWT)’s gift to Adam (as).
ALLAH (SWT) sent a Houri to Adam (as) and he married Shieth (as) to her, and she gave birth to Shenan (as) who was the successor of Shieth (as).
Then Shenan (as) appointed Majthab (as) as his successor.
Majthab (as) appointed Mahraq (as) as his successor.
Mahraq (as) appointed Athmisha (as) as his successor.
Athmisha (as) appointed Akhnookh (PROPHET Edris) (as) as his successor.
Edris (as) appointed Nahour(as) as his successor.
Nahour (as) appointed Nuh (as) as his successor.
Nuh (as) appointed Saam (as) as his successor.
Saam (as) appointed Eitham (as) as his successor.
Eitham (as) appointed Barghithasha (as) as his successor.
Barghithasha (as) appointed Yafeth (as) as his successor.
Yafeth (as) appointed Berah (as) as his successor.
Berah (as) appointed Hafisha (as) as his successor.
Hafisha (as) appointed Imran (as) as his successor.
Imran (as) appointed Ibrahim (as) as his successor.
Ibrahim (as) appointed his son, Isma’eel, (as) as his successor.
Isma’eel (as) appointed Is’haaq (as) as his successor.
Is’haaq (as) appointed Yaqoub (as) as his successor.
Yaqoub (as) appointed Yusuf (as) as his successor.
Yusuf (as) appointed Bathriya (as) as his successor.
Bathriya(as) appointed Shoeib (as) as his successor.
Shoeib (as) appointed Musa (as) as his successor.
Musa (as) appointed Yousha’ Bin Noun (as) as his successor.
Yousha’ Bin Noun (as) appointed Dawud (as) as his successor.
Dawud (as) appointed Sulaymaan (as) as his successor.
Sulaymaan (as) appointed Asif bin Barkhiya (as) as his successor.
Asif bin Barkhiya (as) appointed Zakariya (as) as his successor.
Zakariya (as) appointed Isa (as) as his successor.
Isa (as) appointed Shamoun bin Haffoun Al-Safaa (as) as his successor.
Shamoun bin Haffoun Al-Safaa (as) appointed Yahya bin Zakariyya (as) as his successor.
Yahya bin Zakariyya (as) appointed Monthir (as) as his successor.
Monthir (as) appointed Sulaimah (as) as his successor.
Sulaimah (as) appointed Barda (as) as his successor.
Barda (as) appointed me as his successor.
And I appoint you, O ALI, (ASWS) as my successor.
And you will appoint the successors after you from your sons, and they will appoint their sons one after another until it gets to the best creation after you on earth.
My nation will disbelieve in ALLAH (SWT) by not accepting you, and there will be an intense controversy about you. Those who stay with you will stay with me in Paradise, and those who leave you will go to Hell, and Hell is the destination of the disbelievers.
(Ref: Amaali of Sadouq 329.Elal Al-Sharae’ 328.)