In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the Most-Compassionate
From the servant of God, Ali ibn Abi Talib, to whomever my words may reach ....
The servant of God, Mostafa Nikeghbal, from Shaykh Mahmud Amjad Kermanshahi, from Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milani and Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, from Shaykh Abbas Qommi, from Mirza Husayn Nuri, from Shaykh Ansari, from Mulla Ahmad Naraqi, from Sayyid Mahdi Bahr al-Ulum, from Muhammad Baqir Behbahani, from his father, from Mulla Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, from Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, from Shaykh Baha'i, from Shaykh Husayn ibn Abd al-Samad al-Amili, from Shaykh Zayn al-Din, known as al-Shahid al-Thani (the Second Martyr), from Shaykh Ali ibn Abd al-Ali al-Maysi al-Karaki, from Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mu'adhdhin al-Jizzini, from Shaykh Diya' al-Din Ali ibn Muhammad al-Makki, from Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Makki, from Abu Talib Muhammad ibn Hasan, from Shaykh Jamal al-Din Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn Ali ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli, from Shaykh Abu al-Qasim Najm al-Din Ja'far ibn Hasan al-Hilli, from Sayyid Shams al-Din Abu Ali Fakhkhar ibn Ma'add al-Musawi al-Hilli, from Abu al-Fadl Shadhan ibn Jibra'il al-Qommi, from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Tabari, from Abu Ali Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Tusi, from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Tusi, from Shaykh Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Nu'man, Shaykh Mufid, from Ibn Babawayh al-Qommi, known as Saduq, from Abu al-Qasim Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh al-Qommi, from Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kulayni al-Razi — and they, through various chains of transmission, narrate from the Pure Imams (AS), and they from the Commander of the Faithful (AS): ....