Narrator

جعفر بن حيان

Ja'far ibn Hayyan

Ja'far ibn Hayyan kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and al-Kāẓim (ʿa).

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (ʿa), al-Kāẓim (ʿa)

In this collection

2 narrations 100% of them in Al-Kāfi

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

What the books state about him

Ṭabaqa
أصحاب أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر الكاظم عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
أصحاب أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī

Also named

  • جعفر بن حيان
  • جعفر بن حيان الصيرفي الكوفي
  • جعفر بن حيان الكوفي
  • جعفر بن حنان

3 entries across 1 book. Pages follow the editions this database holds.

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Assembled from 3 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.