The disputant would often argue and say we have 10000 hadeeths that mention the Imam’s names and its enough for us to consider the Prophet’s will weak.
Our answer is: Whoever said that there are 1000 hadeeths that mention the Imam’s names is wrong. Look at what Sayed AlKhoei said and you will know why the will of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.w is a powerful evidence to prove the creed of the 12 Imams and their names.
Sayed AlKhoei:The narrations that are Mutawaater that reached us from the way of the Aama(Sunnis) and the Khaasa(Shia) have specified that the Imams are 12 from the way of the number but they were not specified BY NAME pbut…
Sirat AlNajat Fi Ajwibat AlIstifta’aat-Sayed AlKhoei commentary by Mirza Jawad AlTabreezi v.2 p.452
So the hadeeths about mentioning the names of the Imams according to Sayed Khoei are not Mutawaater. Does that benefit doubt or certainty according to the Shia Aqeeda if a hadeeth is not Mutawaater?Any person can ask someone who studied in the Hawza about a hadeeth which is not Mutawaater, he will say it benefits “than” which means doubt because it didn’t reach the level of certainty. So if the names of the Imams in the hadeeths are not Mutawaater would you reject them?This is a question to a cleric follower who is disputing with the Ansars.So why do you reject a hadeeth of the will, when it can be proven that its Mutawaater Manawee, frequently reported in meaning?
الخوئي : الروايات المتواترة الواصلة الينا من طريق العامة والخاصة قد حددت الائمة عليهم السلام بإثني عشر من ناحية العدد ولم تحددهم بأسمائهم عليهم السلام واحدا بعد واحد
صراط النجاة -في اجوبة الاستفتاءات تاليف السيد الخوئي وتعليق الميرزا جواد التبريزي ج 2 ص 452 : سؤال 1422