العلاء بن المقعد
al-Ala' ibn al-Maq'a
al-Ala' ibn al-Maq'a kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufa. Rijāl al-Najāshī holds him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.
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12. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from al-‘ Ala’ ibn al-Muq‘ad who has said the following
“I once heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘There is an angel assigned on al-Yemaniy corner from the time Allah created…
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11. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Ali from Rib’iy from al-‘Ala’ ibn al-Muq‘ad who has said the following
“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, has assigned a Hijjir…
Assembled from 4 entries and 1 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.