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)

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2 narrations 100% of them in Al-Kāfi

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

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The 3 names searched
  • جعفر بن حيان
  • جعفر بن حيان الكوفي
  • جعفر بن حيان الصيرفي الكوفي
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  1. 2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Hudhayl ibn Hayyan, brother of Ja’far ibn Hayyan al-Sayrafiy who has said the following

    “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, ‘I have given a certain amount of assets to my brother Ja’far and he…

    Al-Kāfi #297 Volume 5 Read the narration
  2. 29. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab from Ja‘far ibn Hayyan who has narrated the following

    “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who endowed an asset that belonged to him for his relatives…

    Al-Kāfi #136 Volume 7 Read the narration
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