Narrator

زفر بن سويد الجعفي

Zufar ibn Suwayd al-Ju'fi

Zufar ibn Suwayd al-Ju'fi kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufan.

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

From Kufan Written about in 3 books, 3 entries

In this collection

0 narrations

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

Tarājim — his notice in each book

Rijāl al-Ṭūsī

Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (d. 460) p. 210

Entry no. 2751

Edition: ed. Jawād al-Qayyūmī al-Iṣfahānī, 1st edition, Ramaḍān 1415 AH

زفر بن سويد الجعفي، مولاهم.

Listed under al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)

Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ardabīlī (d. 1101) p. 329
زفر بن سويد الجعفي مولاهم [ق]

Listed as a client (Mawla) of the Jufa.

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

Abū al-Qāsim al-Khoei (d. 1413) p. 275

Vol. 8 Entry no. 4682

Edition: 5th edition, 1413 AH / 1992 CE; editor and publisher not stated in the source

زفر بن سويد: الجعفي: مولاهم، من أصحاب الصادق عليه السلام، كوفي عامي. ذكره العلامة في القسم الثاني من الخلاصة (1) من الباب (4) من فصل الزاي وغيره بعيد اتحاده مع زفر بن الهذيل الآتي.

Also named

  • زفر بن سويد
  • زفر بن سويد الجعفي
  • زفر بن سويد الجعفي مولاهم
The same names, transliterated
  • Zafar ibn Sawid the Ja'fi mawla
  • Zafar ibn Sulayman al-Sijistani
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Assembled from 3 entries and 2 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.