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علي بن أحمد

ʿAlī b. Aḥmad

ʿAlī b. Aḥmad was of al-Kūfī. Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ weakens him.

on Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ alone, whose ascription is disputed

From al-Kūfī Written about in 1 books, 1 entries

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52 narrations 73% of them in Kitāb al-Ghayba 6 men stand next to him in a chain →

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  1. (6) Ali bin Ahmad bin Obaydillah bin Musa and Ahmad bin Ali al-A’lam narrated from Muhammad bin Ali as-Sayrafi from Muhammad bin Sadaqa, ibn Othayna al-Abdi and Muhammad bin Sinan from Ya’qoob as-Sarraj that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said

    “Al-Qa’im will fight the people of thirteen cities and nations and they will fight him; Mecca, Medina, Basra, Dast…

    Kitāb al-Ghayba #400 Volume 1 Read the narration
  2. (7) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Ali bin Ibraheem bin Hashim from his father from Muhammad bin Hafs from Amr bin Shimr that Jabir al-Ju’fi had said

    “Once I asked Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) about the meaning of this saying of Allah, “We will most certainly try you with…

    Kitāb al-Ghayba #311 Volume 1 Read the narration
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