Narrator

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)

From Kufa (Ja'fah Tribe) Written about in 2 books, 2 entries

In this collection

1 narration 100% of them in Al-Khiṣāl

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. 303

Entry no. 4475

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

المعلى بن هلال بن سويد الجعفي الكوفي.

Listed under al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

Abū al-Qāsim al-Khoei (d. 1413) p. 281

Vol. 19 Entry no. 12539

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

المعلى بن هلال: أبو سويد الجعفي، الكوفي، من أصحاب الصادق عليه السلام، رجال الشيخ (499).

Also named

  • المعلى بن هلال
  • المعلى بن هلال بن سويد الجعفي الكوفي
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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.