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على بن عبد الغفار

Ali ibn Abd al-Ghaffar

Ali ibn Abd al-Ghaffar kept company with al-Hādī (ʿa).

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

Written about in 2 books, 2 entries

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1 narration 100% of them in Al-Kāfi 4 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. 23. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) from Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Ghaffar who has said the following.

    “When abu Muhammad (a.s.) was imprisoned, the ‘Abbassids, Salih ibn Wasif, Salih ibn Ali and others who were not Shi‘as…

    Al-Kāfi #1351 Volume 1 Read the narration
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Assembled from 2 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.