The book was reportedly first written by Abdallah ibn Aḥmad ibn 'Amer
al-Ta'i (d. 324 AH/ 935 CE) (), who said he had heard its contents from his father Aḥmad ibn 'Amer, who said he had heard them from Ali al-Ridha in
Medina in (809- Abdallah ibn Aḥmad ibn Amer was subsequently recognized as a
credible narrator of hadith by
Najashi, one of the important Shia scholars. The version printed in
Cairo by al-Ma'ahid Press in the year (1921–1922) begins with the following chain of authorities: Its editor al-'Allāma 'Abd al-Wāsi' stated he received its contents on the authority of
Sheikh 'Abd al-Wāsi', who received it from Imam al-Qāsim ibn Mohammed, who received it from
Sheikh al-Sayyid Amīr al-Dīn ibn 'Abd Allah, who received it from al-Sayyid Ahmed ibn 'Abd Allah al-Wazīr, who received it from Imam al-Mutahhar ibn Mohammed ibn Sulayman, who received it from Imam al-Mahdi Ahmed ibn Yahya, who received it from Sulayman ibn Ibrahīm ibn 'Umar al-'Alawi, who received it from his father Ibrahīm, who received it from Rida' al-Dīn Ibrahīm ibn Mohammed al-Tabari, who received it from Imam Najm al-Dīn al-Tabrīzi, who received it from al-Hafiz Ibn 'Asakir, who received it from Zahir al-Sinjani, who received it from al-Hafiz al-Bayhaqi, who received it from Abu al-Qasim al-Mufassir, who received it from "Ibrahīm ibn Khu'ra" (by mistake in text "Ju'da"), who received it from Abu al-Qasim 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmed ibn 'Amir al-Ta'i in
Basra, who received it from Ali al-Ridha, who claimed his father
Musā claimed his father
Ja'far claimed his father
Muhammad claimed his father
'Ali claimed his father
Husayn claimed his father
'Ali, son of Abū Tālib, had heard or witnessed its contents in the company of
Muhammad. ==Context==