The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 1354 (#Ḥadīth #2)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَبَنُ الشَّاةِ السَّوْدَاءِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ لَبَنِ حَمْرَاوَيْنِ وَ لَبَنُ الْبَقَرِ الْحَمْرَاءِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ لَبَنِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ .

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salmah ibn al-Khattab from ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub from ‘Ubayd ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Qays who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far , has said, ‘The milk of black sheep is better than that of the red ones; and the milk of red cows is better than that of the black ones.”’

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).