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جعفر بن المثني الخطيب

Ja'far ibn al-Muthanna

Ja'far ibn al-Muthanna kept company with al-Riḍā (ʿa).

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

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2 narrations 100% of them in Al-Kāfi 8 men stand next to him in a chain →

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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  1. 1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from Ja‘far ibn al-Muthanna al-Khatib who has said the following.

    “I was in Madina when the roof over the grave of the Holy Prophet (s.a) had crumbled down and the workers were climbing…

    Al-Kāfi #1221 Volume 1 Read the narration
  2. 1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ja’far ibn al-Muthanna’ al-Khatib from Muhammad ibn al- Fudayl and Bishr ibn ‘Isma‘il who has said the following

    “Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il once said to me, ‘Would you like if I give you happy news, O ibn Muthanna?’ I replied, ‘Yes,…

    Al-Kāfi #1255 Volume 4 Read the narration
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Assembled from 4 entries and 4 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.