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المعتقل بن عمر

al-Muʿtaqal b. ʿUmar

al-Muʿtaqal b. ʿUmar kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of al-Juʿfī. The books are divided about him: Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth holds him reliable, while Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ weakens him.

on later scholars only, not the early rijāl

When he lived

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

From al-Juʿfī Written about in 3 books, 3 entries

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1 narration 100% of them in Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ 1 man stands next to him in a chain →

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  • المعتقل بن عمر
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  1. 40 – al-Muʿtaqal (likely an error for al-Mufaḍḍal) b. ʿUmar, al-Juʿfī, Abū ʿAbdillāh. According to me he is thiqa in…

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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.