Narrator

حفص بن العلاء

Hafs ibn al-Ala'

Hafs ibn al-Ala' was of Kufa. Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth and Rijāl al-Najāshī hold him reliable.

In this collection

Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.

Tarājim — his notice in each book

Rijāl al-Najāshī

p. 133 thiqa — trustworthy

Entry no. 345

Edition: ed. Mūsā al-Shubayrī al-Zanjānī, Muʾassasat al-Nashr al-Islāmī (Qom); edition number and year not stated in the source

حفص بن العلاء كوفي، ثقة، له كتاب يرويه عنه محمد بن أبي عمير، أخبرنا الحسين بن عبيد الله قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر قال: حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عنه به.

Kufi, reliable (thiqa). He has a book narrated from him by Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr.

Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

p. 261
حفص بن العلاء الكوفي ثقة [صه. جش] له كتاب عنه ابن أبي عمير [جش]

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

p. 150

Vol. 7 Entry no. 3800

Edition: 5th edition, 1413 AH / 1992 CE; editor and publisher not stated in the source

حفص بن العلاء: قال النجاشي: " حفص بن العلاء: كوفي، ثقة، له كتاب، يرويه عنه محمد بن أبي عمير، أخبرنا الحسين بن عبيد الله، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر. قال: حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عنه به ".

Also named

  • حفص بن العلاء
  • حفص بن العلاء الكوفي
  • حفص بن عصر العمري
  • حفص بن عمر العمري
The same names, transliterated
  • Hafs ibn 'Asr al-'Umari
  • Hafs ibn 'Umar al-'Umari
  • Hafs ibn al-'Ala'

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