He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Umar al-Je'abi reported to me from Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Sulaiman Abul Fadhl, who reported from Dawood b. Rushaid, who reported from Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Tha'labi al-Mosili Abu Nawfil, who said:
I heard Ja'far b. Muhammad, peace be upon him, say: "We are the Chosen ones by ALLAH (SWT) among His creation, and our Shias are His Chosen ones from the Ummah of MOHAMMAD (SAWW) , peace be upon him and his progeny."
(Ref Al-Amali Shaikh Mufeed The Thirty Sixth Assembly Hadees No.6)