Ali is my root and Jafar is my branch
Ali is my root and Jafar is my branch
علي أصلي و جعفر فرعي
‘Ali is my root and Jafar is my branch
The narration is da’if. There are many majhul narrators therein.
Abdullah ibn Muawiyah
Majhul al hal (condition unknown) in narrating.
Ibn Hazm commented on him, “He had a corrupt religion, a mu’attil[1]. Accompanied the atheists.”
Salih ibn Muawiyah
Has no documented biography.
Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Jafar
Majhul
As a result, al Haythami remarked, “There are narrators therein who I do not recognise.”[2]
[1] One who denies Allah of all His attributes.
[2] Majma’ al Zawa’id vol. 9 pg. 273.