Narrator

علي بن جعفر

ʿAlī b. Jaʿfar

ʿAlī b. Jaʿfar was of Qum. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ weaken him.

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In this collection

152 narrations 50% of them in Al-Kāfi

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