المعلى بن هلال بن سويد الجعفي الكوفي
al-Mu'la bin Hilal
al-Mu'la bin Hilal kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufa (Ja'fah Tribe).
مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (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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5-58 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Abdullah ibn Musa ibn Harun al-Mufti, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman al-Arzami, on the authority of Al-Mo’ala ibn Hilal, on the authority of Al-Kalbi, on the authority of Abi Salih, on the authority of Ibn Abbas that he had heard God’s Prophet (MGB) say, “
God granted me fivethings and granted Ali (MGB) five things. He gave me the most complete sayings and granted Ali (MGB)…
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.