جعفر بن خلف
Ja'far ibn Khalaf
Ja'far ibn Khalaf kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and al-Kāẓim (ʿa) and was of Kufa.
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)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.
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4-21 In another tradition it is narrated that Al-Mudhaffar ibn Ja’far Al-Mudhaffar Al-Alawi As-Samarqandi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masoud quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yusuf ibn As-Sakht, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Qasim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Khalaf, on the authority of Isma’il ibn al-Khattab
“Abul Hassan (s) often praised his son Ali (s), and expressed his nobilities and virtues in a manner in which he never…
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4-22 In another tradition it is narrated that (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdir-Rahman, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Khalaf that he had heard Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (s) say, “
One who can see his son that he will leave behind as a memory before he dies is prosperous. God has shown me the son…
Assembled from 5 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.