Narrator

علي بن جعفر

ʿAlī b. Jaʿfar

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

on later scholars only, not the early rijāl

In this collection

152 narrations 50% of them in Al-Kāfi

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

Jarḥ wa taʿdīl

Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ ضعيف ḍaʿīf — weak
Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt ضعيف ḍaʿīf — weak p. 562

What the books state about him

City or tribe
Qum — Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ

Also named

  • على بن جعفر الهرمزاني
  • علي بن جعفر
  • أبو الحسن
  • الهرمزاني

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