Narrator

الحسين بن أبي العلاء الخفاف

Al-Husayn ibn Abi al-'Ala al-Khaffaf

Al-Husayn ibn Abi al-'Ala al-Khaffaf kept company with al-Bāqir (ʿa) and al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Banū ʿĀmir (client of).

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

From Banū ʿĀmir (client of) Written about in 7 books, 11 entries

In this collection

85 narrations 48% of them in Al-Kāfi 46 men stand next to him in a chain →

Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.

Narrates from

No book names anyone he narrates from.

15 men stand next to him in a chain →

Narrated to 4

named by a book

صفوان Al-Fihrist · Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt
Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr Ziyad ibn Isa Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt · Al-Fihrist
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Khattab Al-Fihrist

Narrated from the Imams

Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt · Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
أبو الحسن موسى عليه السلام Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

Named with him, but not in the entry we hold

These books tie them to him, but the entries we hold do not name them.

to أحمد بن بشير Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

In the same isnād

Each stands next to his name in an isnād — one took straight from the other — and no book calls them teacher or pupil. Each row says where that comes from: a book's chain index, or the chains this database holds.

from أبو بصير Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
from أبي مخلد السراج Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
from Ishaq ibn Ammar al-Sabati Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 2 chains
from Abdullah ibn Abi Ya'fur Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 2 chains
from المثنى Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
from Habib ibn Bishr Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
from Sa'd ibn Tarif Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
from Abd al-A'la ibn A'yan Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
from Musa ibn Sa'dan al-Hannat side by side in 4 chains
from Isma'il ibn Mihran ibn Abi Nasr al-Sakuni side by side in 3 chains
from Ali ibn Abi Hamza al-Bataini side by side in 3 chains
from Ahmad ibn A'idh ibn Habib side by side in 2 chains
from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ishaq ibn Musa side by side in 2 chains
from Yahya ibn Imran ibn Ali side by side in 2 chains
from Ubayd Allah bin Abd Allah al-Dahqan al-Wasiti side by side in 2 chains
to al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth · Tanqīḥ al-Maqālside by side in 2 chains
to عبد الله بن المغيرة Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth · Tanqīḥ al-Maqāl
to Ali ibn al-Hukm Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth · Tanqīḥ al-Maqālside by side in 24 chains
to Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hashim Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
to Ahmad ibn A'idh Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Ahmad ibn Abi Abdullah (via his father) Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Al-Abbas Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Al-Abbas ibn Amir Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Al-Qasim Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Ali Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Ali ibn al-Nu'man Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Fadala Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Fadala ibn Ayyub Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 2 chains
to Muhammad ibn Qasim Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
to Muhammad ibn Ziyad Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 3 chains
to أحمد بن محمد Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to إبراهيم بن هاشم Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to الحسن Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Hamza Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 2 chains
to الحسين Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to الحسين بن سعيد Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to Thabit ibn Shurayh Tanqīḥ al-Maqāl
to Ja'far ibn Bashir Tanqīḥ al-Maqālside by side in 3 chains
to Safwan ibn Yahya Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
to Abdullah ibn al-Qasim al-Hadrami Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīthside by side in 1 chain
to محمد بن علي Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
to موسى بن القاسم Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

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Assembled from 11 entries and 8 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.